Epocrates Plus
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Pros
I love this app - can easily find up to date information about dosing for adults and kids for different indications, side effects, pricing, contraindications, drug interactions.
I like that it's readily available, current includes relevant information including cost estimates. I also like that it's integrated into my EMR.
Cons
It is so tricky to spell any medication correctly, and wish it would guess what I was trying to find. I also hate the pop ups.
The only thing that has annoyed me about this is that sometimes I'll get booted out in the middle of using it and have to sign back in.
"Quick Access to Medications"
Overall: Love having access on my phone with the epocrates App. Very easy to use.
Pros: I really like how quickly I can look up any medication. Very helpful information. I see patients all day long, and run across many meds that I don't recognize, so Epocrates is the solution!
Cons: I wish that the search bar would predict any mis-spellings. It is so tricky to spell any medication correctly, and wish it would guess what I was trying to find. I also hate the pop ups.
"I use this resource daily in my practice"
Overall: I use this resource on a daily basis as a Physician Assistant in my clinic. I use it so much, in fact, that I keep the 'drugs' and 'weight based dose calculator' tabs pinned on my browser so I can access them at any time, and I use them several times each shift. It saves me a lot of time and work to use it. Love it!!
Pros: I love using the dosage calculator to figure out pediatric dosing. I use this on every single pediatric patient that I see that I prescribe medicine to. It is easy to fill in the child's weight information about the medication, and then it spits out the correct dosage for the child. It really makes life so much easier than trying to calculate it on my own. I also use it pretty frequently to see dosage suggestions for people of all ages for different medications. I also love the feature of looking up a medication's safety profile for pregnancy and lactation. I also use the adverse reactions tab for the medicines occasionally to know what to warn patients about. I also LOVE the interaction checker. You can put the different medications in there to see which ones will interact with each other and how. This has been a super handy resource to have!
Cons: The only thing that has annoyed me about this is that sometimes I'll get booted out in the middle of using it and have to sign back in. It sometimes takes 2-3 times clicking on the sign-in button to sign back in. Then it will keep me logged in for awhile, and eventually boot me out again.