The full title of this APP is PocketPharmacist - Drug Information, Interaction Checker, and Medication Organizer
Description
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Drug Information, Interaction Checker, and Medication Organizer
The app allows you to search by both a brand name or the generic name. It easily allows you to find Panadol (which they call Acetaminophen), so you shouldn't have any problem finding a majority of our prescription and OTC medicines.
But it would be a great idea if it allowed you to choose your country and then show all the various brand names available in that country.
All the crap that is in my house is listed.
As a pharmacist, I can't wait until I get Ozbargainers rushing in to confront me about why I didn't tell them things such as Panadol potentially causing hepatotoxicity/liver failure ;)
Yeah, Panamax deals are very popular here on Ozbargain http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/38646
Sell them only in suppository form and suddenly you won't see toxicity and OD issues. Let's then see how many Ozbargainers buy this stuff.
“The only difference between a drug and a poison is dosage.”
If we drink water excessively, it may cause water intoxication as well.
Or how about all the contradictory side effects people can get from their anti-depressants?
Or headaches caused by migraine medications?
Or Rhabdomyolysis from the statins?
Maybe some people will learn about the "Triple Whammy Effect" with ACE Inhibitors, Diuretics and NSAID's (and either get mad at their Dr prescribing a combined ACEI and Diuretic or us pharmacists for not warning them about it when we sell anti-inflammatories (despite always asking if people take other medications and being told "no")… or maybe that supermarkets and service stations never warned them about all the interactions and side effects that the Anti-Inflammatories they bought can cause).
On a side note… If anyone is contemplating suicide, OD-ing with panadol is one of the worst ways to go… Just saying, I have seen cancer patients suffer less.
I am hoping for deals on BNF 64 or iMims.
I doubt I'll ever use it but I'll bite.
fairly useless for us aussie pharmacists. would need to combine it with the merck index to translate the american drug names
Not really designed for pharmacists, who probably should be using local programs like Mims and other local resources. Aren't you guys meant to know this stuff anyway? That's what customers expect from you when they go and get their prescriptions made up.
And how do "us guys" learn this stuff? By constantly reading, learning and refreshing.
Actually the customers expect to receive what the doctor prescribes. We have the fun task of ensuring the good ol doc isn't going to kill them. We know this 'stuff' fairly well but we double check against resources because accidentally letting the dr kill the patient is bad for business.
Yes then you substitute some cheap generic brand of medication and pretend you are doing the patient a favour by saving them $1 whilst you are reaping savings many many times more than what the patient saves. Then come next month you get a better special on a different generic and again substitute the patient to a different brand.
Patients walk away confused because they now have a medicine with a different name than previously and for what reason? Simply and purely pharmacist profit. And you say customers expect to receive what the doctor prescribes.
All staff who deal with the customers are trained to ask if they would like to try the generic, otherwise we will provide what's on the script. Generics save the Australian Government billions of dollars a year and make little difference to 'pharmacist profit' as you put it. 99% of us get paid in wages and does not affect us one bit because we don't have ownership of our stores. The owners don't actually work and just collect the profit and play golf every day.
In most cases the doctor prescribes the medication name not the brand name. There's a little check box on scripts determining whether the doctor wishes to have their patient on the original brand only. Obviously we can't change them to the generic if it is endorsed as such.
Do you always try so hard to defend your deals? I'm not sure why you're taking it out on the pharmacy profession. This is great deal, if you live in America
Yes, because this app is not solely aimed at pharmacists. Just because it may not compare with the resources you use does mean it would not be useful to others. Also not everyone wants to pay $100 for the eMims app so this is a great alternative.
You are implying the app is not usable, however, I found 21 different prescriptions at home and every single one of them could be identified using the app. I must admit not many of the brand names were recognisable, but all the generic names were. I never had to use anything like a Merck Manual to identify the medications, I can't see why a pharmacist would either, maybe except for the odd 1 or 2 medications.
This is American, mostly useless for Australian medications. Brand names are usually totally different between Aus and the states.