Portable medical reference provider Tarascon publishing, an imprint of Jones and Bartlett Publishers, US, has announced the release of the Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia iPhone application. The new Pocket Pharmacopoeia iPhone application provides continuous updates to critical drug dosing information important to healthcare providers at the point of care facing evolving medical challenges such as H1N1 (‘swine flu’) and other infectious diseases.
The Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia iPhone application also offers expanded drug information from the Deluxe Edition of the print Pocket Pharmacopoeia. Content is meticulously peer-reviewed by an editorial board of licensed PharmDs and practicing clinicians from multiple specialties. A fully integrated tool allows users to check for multiple drug interactions. In addition, the new application also includes typical drug dosing (both FDA approved and off-label uses), available trade and generic formulations, metabolism, and safety in pregnancy and lactation; extensive pediatric drug dosing; invaluable reference tables; medical formula calculators; relative pricing codes ($ to $$$$$) as well as exact prices updated monthly directly from drugstore.com; a fully integrated ‘Herbal & Alternative Therapy’ section; unique Canadian trade names and drugs; and consumer reports ‘Best Buy Drugs,’ which provides information on prescription drugs' effectiveness, track record, safety and price.
Launched in 1987, the Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia is projected as a popular and trusted source of portable drug information for many healthcare providers. It is available in a variety of print formats as well as in mobile formats for the Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry platforms, in addition to the iPhone platform.
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