Facts and Comparisons

Today i looked at the Facts and Comparisons Database. It is a compilation of drug facts and drug comparisons. This database is fairly easy to use if the user knows drug names. There is a search option where users can search specific drugs. The advanced search option allows users to search certian fields of the database like cancer chemotherapy manual or the review of natural products section. On the home page there is a dosing tool that has different calculators on it. Users can type in the drug and the patients age and weight and get correct dosing infromation. There is also a drug identifier where users can type in a description of the drug, like the color or shape or imprit on the pill and the database will list possible matches for the drug. The database also provides a list of drug names that sound alike and are easily confused. There is also a list of drugs that look alike and may be confused. When users pull up a fact sheet on a drug the information is split into sections like drug interactions, adverse reactions and dosage information. This way users can just glance at the page and click on the section that they want to read about. The type is short and consise which is nice because users do not have to spend time sifting through information to find something useful. There is also a link at the top of the facts page that says related documents. Once clicked a list of other documents that may be helperful or that relate to the first drug is shown. this database offers an imunization schedules page that lists from birth to death when people should be imunized. I think that this database is really helpful. Besides all the drug information there are many tools and gadgets that even the everyday little drug knowledge person could use. The database is clean and very easy to use, and even though i am not a medical expert it seems to me like they really have a lot of helpful information.