MedicineNet's Pocket Guide to Medications
Submitted Wednesday, June 9, 2004
A guide that provides quick access to information from 400+ monographs on over 1,000 generic and branded names of the most popular U.S. medications. Users can perform keyword searches to view such topics as: Generic name, Brand name, Drug class and mechanism, Preparations, Storage, Prescribed for, Dosing, Drug interactions, Pregnancy and nursing mothers, and Side effects.
A guide that provides quick access to information from 400+ monographs on over 1,000 generic and branded names of the most popular U.S.
Award History:
2007 Finalist
2008 Nominee
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Pro:
The cross lookup is very useful to select a word and jump into another lexicon to lookup a translation or a different definition.
The split screen facility really makes for easy viewing of the main list of terms and the current explanation.
I liked that you can append a personal observation note to the item description.
Cons:
The auto lookup of terms as each letter is typed works inconsistently, sometimes only re-adjusting the list after 2 or 3 more characters have been entered.
A term is often referenced to another term i.e. For Aspirin it says 'See acetylsalicylic acid' forcing a select, and cross lookup, it should offer a single click link to the new item.