Drugs.com Medication Guide




The Drugs.com app is a medication reference brings the popular Drugs.com website to mobile devices. Drugs.com’s goal is to provide comprehensive and up-to-date drug information, in versions for consumers and healthcare providers. This goal is well-met with an impressive list of resources from which the web and app content is derived including Micromedex, the American Society for Health-System Pharmacists, and Mayo Clinic. Users can search a variety of medication topics including drug monographs, an interaction checker, pregnancy and breastfeeding database, pill identifier, and side effect database.

Features
  • ·         Extensive searchable drug database
  • ·         Pill identifier by shape if colour
  • ·         Interactions checker
  • ·         Q & A database

Pros
  • Free version available
  • User friendly interface
  • Transparency and reliability of sources
  • Drug pronunciation and phonetic/wildcard search features
  • Searchable database for drugs usable in pregnancy and lactation
Cons
  • Side effects database provides irrelevant search results
  • Drug database provides package insert information only
  • Symptom checker may lead patients not to seek care
  • Region specific drugs and brands may be absent from the database
  • No pronunciation provided
Android Store Rating: 4.4 (16,303 reviews)
Apple Store Rating 4.8 (1300 reviews)

Android additional Information:
 Updated
22 May 2018
Size
30M
Installs
1,000,000+
Requires Android
4.4 and up
Content Rating
PEGI 3
Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drugscom.app

Apple additional Information:
Size
52.8 MB
Compatibility
Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Languages
English
Age Rating
    You must be at least 17 years old to download this app.
    Frequent/Intense Medical/Treatment Information

Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drugs-com-medication-guide/id599471042?mt=8

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