PEPID Portable Drug Companion

Specialized Clinical Content
In addition to an exhaustive drug listing, PEPID Portable Drug Companion Suite (PDC) includes herbals, nutritional supplements and antidotes, as well as information on overdoses, drug-induced toxidromes and drug-related labs.

Drug Database
Instantly access drug information on 8,500 drug names, including U.S. and Canadian trade names, generics, OTCs, herbals and supplements.

Symptom Checker
Our Symptom Checker allows you to generate a weighted list of potential diagnoses by inputting a patient’s gender, age, symptoms and symptom severity. The results are organized by likelihood of occurrence based on the selected factors.

Drug Interactions Checker
The powerful Drug Interactions Checker allows you to check for potential interactions between drug-drug, drug-herbal and drug-nutrient combinations. Our Drug Interactions Checker provides severity ratings and an explanation of mechanisms for each potential interaction.

Drug-Allergy Checker
PEPID's drug-allergy checker allows healthcare professionals to cross reference a patient's food or drug allergies with their current list of medications and foods, and receive an alert if an allergy or sensitivity exists. PEPID's drug-allergy checker identifies potential reactions based on the chemical make-up of a drug or nutrient, which detects sensitivities that may otherwise not be identified.

IV Compatibility
Quickly compare compatibility of meds in Y-site, syringe and additives with our IV Compatibility Tool. The IV Compatibility Tool allows you to check drug-solution and drug-drug-solution combinations prior to mixing in clinical situations.

Laboratory Manual
PEPID's lab tests provide access to: Critical Values, Description, Normal Ranges, Interpretation High, Interpretation Low, Links to Related Tests, Links to Equations, Physiology, and Tech Info. Labs include multi drug urine screens and other toxicology labs.

Dosing Calculators
More than 3,000 weight-based and IV drip-rate dosing calculators are linked directly to AHFS drug information – pre-populated, integrated, and drug specific to promote medication safety.

Medical Calculators
More than 400 medical calculators, equations and scores including; Body Surface Area, Glasgow, Coma Scale, Total Calcium, NIH Stroke Scale, Port Analysis and much more.

Evidence-Based Medicine
Employ best-practice methods by referencing evidenced-based content inquiries from the Family Physician Inquiries Network. Our evidence-based inquiries are embedded into clinical and drug content and address the most important patient care questions asked by practicing physicians, how to appraise them and how to apply them.