More Information About Medications...

A while back I my thoughts on medications where yes, it provides the solution to the problem but at the same time there can be side effects. We all like the part where we feel but who wants to deal with the side effects.

Now there is more than just these book on different medications like the DSM text reference. There is now a source to get information about medications from a reliable online source located at www.epocrates.com that not only includes all kinds of information but also introduces Mobile drug & formulary reference and it is available for Medicare Part D patients.

Clinicians and support staff can now access this guide used by more than 500,000 health care professionals. Clinicians now have access to information about more than 3,300 including dosing, pricing, and potential drug interactions. I will give an example of trazodone that is prescribed for depression and as a sedative. Just by having access to this website as well as the Mobile drug & formulary reference look it up, one can find out all the potential interactions on this drug, side effects, and dosage information. The formulary coverage is available from any computer with Internet connections.

Jacob Wood MD who is an assistant professor of the UAB Selma Family Residency Program states “I’ve been using Epocrates products on my PDA for years and find them indispensable to my practice. I think it is wonderful that my colleagues and staff that don’t yet use a PDA can now access the same information online to help them improve patient care.