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About Micromedex: About Micromedex

How and why to use Micromedex

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About Micromedex

Why use this resource? Micromedex is a meta-database of drug information, combining the information contained in Martindale, the Physician's Desk Reference (PDR), DRUGDEX, DISEASEDEX, POISONDEX and others. It contains detailed, complete information about medication use, abuse, dosing, and side effects, intended for prescribers and pharmacists.

What's in this resource? Micromedex contains reviews, summaries, full text monographs, a visual pill identifier, and dosing calculators.

Subject(s)

Biochemistry Biomedicine Chemistry Health Sciences Medicine Pharmacology Pharmacy Toxicology
Dates of Coverage
Varied
Truncation or Wildcard * replaces any group of characters, including no character, either within or at the end of a word
Phrase Searching Automatic search modification. Read more here. (http://www.micromedexsolutions.com/micromedex2/3.92.8/WebHelp/MICROMEDEX_2.htm#Search_Results/Intermediate_Search_Results/Intermediate_Search_Results.htm)
Vendor
Thomson Reuters
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Mobile Device Access Android - IPhone/IPad