Had an 11:47 p.m. trauma H&P and the doc mumbled a new combo med — my old Stedman’s list didn’t have it and I lost a minute digging. What’s your fastest, up-to-date drug lookup for MTs (web or app) that works mid-dictation?
Epocrates (free) is my fastest — download the offline drug database and it’ll surface combo meds with just a few letters; I sanity-check brand-new stuff in DailyMed if needed. If you’re on Windows or Mac, I can share a one-key lookup hotkey that saves my 11:47 p.m. bacon — what are you on?
Medscape’s Drug Reference has been my quickest in the chair — I keep the offline database downloaded and use the search mic to say the two ingredients, which usually surfaces fixed‑dose combos fast. If I’m fuzzy on spelling, I just say the syllables I heard and it still nails it. Do you need it fully offline, or is a quick online check for brand‑new approvals okay?
I piggyback on @quickdash — “ — not offline, but instant for combo meds.” I set a Chrome keyword search for RxNav, so mid‑dictation I just type rx amox clav in the address bar and it opens the combo page. Caveat: you need a connection — want the 10‑second setup?
, been there on a near‑midnight trauma H&P. I map a global shortcut to DailyMed so one tap throws the last two words into https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov — it’s the fastest, up‑to‑date label text I’ve found for odd pairings. Offline, Epocrates is snappier but the free version misses some recent approvals; anyone else using AutoHotkey/Keyboard Maestro for this?
Building on @elizabeth-hun’s shortcut idea, I run Epocrates offline and a tiny AutoHotkey that pastes the last two words into its ‘sounds‑like’ search — nails multi‑ingredient names when the dictation turns to oatmeal. If you want free on web, set a Chrome keyword to https://www.drugs.com/pro/ so d amox clav jumps right in; want the AHK line I use?