Interesting; when i want a quick summary of the pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of a drug, i usually go first to the US prescribing information(PI) than the Brit Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC)- the PI is much more detailed. But that Epocrates information really is a bit too minimalist
dollar signs, eh? must be really serious cautions and contraindications ... for the proprietary drug-maker? too bad they don't list any of them then we could decide for ourselves whether growing horns from the top of one's head needed to mentioned or not
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Interesting; when i want a quick summary of the pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of a drug, i usually go first to the US prescribing information(PI) than the Brit Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC)- the PI is much more detailed. But that Epocrates information really is a bit too minimalist
Obviously it has a terrifying description as we are supposed to be careful about it.
reminds me of the old adage: To err is human. To really screw things up requires a computer!
But the real scary part is the descriptionFloat.
dollar signs, eh? must be really serious cautions and contraindications ... for the proprietary drug-maker? too bad they don't list any of them then we could decide for ourselves whether growing horns from the top of one's head needed to mentioned or not
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