Epocrates has launched an online version of it's drug and formulary guide. It covers over 3,300 drugs. The guide is very in depth for each drug. For example, if you look at the guide for Acetaminophen, you will see dosage forms for adults and children, cautions and drug interactions, adverse reactions, pictures, and so much more. I was shocked at how detailed it is. This is so convienant to doctors, because they can access this information via internet or pda. Imagine the time that this saves.

It is free and very easy to use. Simply create a free account. The premium version has additional features such as patient education handouts, pill pictures, pill identifier and hundreds of medical tables and calculations. It also has more than 400 alternative medicine monographs. This is important because more and more people are looking for alternative ways of healing. The drug and formulary guide is used by more than 500,000 physicians.

By more and more doctors accessing this guide online, we should see shorter waits in the doctor's office. That is valuable in itself.