Still make Drake and Drake drug reference?

I had this in the past and loved it, but now I don't seem to find it.  Do they not make this any longer? If not, what seems to be a good replacement that you use?  I need to update my reference books.

Thanks.

• Still make Drake and Drake drug reference? - MT again
  • Yes, and it's coming out on CD in November. - Misha
  • I have the 2006 edition. But the 2007 of this and the Quick Look Drug Book come out - new every Jan./Feb. Get used for now. nm

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I have never been a fan of the QLDB. I just have never found it to have all the drugs I can find in Drake & Drake although I think it has much better info about the drugs. I have the 2007 Drake and Drake book and CD.  I guess I bought both because I knew sometimes electronic things can be slow and I just like to have a book sometimes.  I'm glad I did because the electronic version is so slow I can wait for a minute or two, then pick up the book and still beat it.  It's nice to have something electronic so I can search by wildcard or keyword, and it does have a sounds-like search.  But I really can't recommend the Drake & Drake.  It hangs up something awful.  It doesn't play well with Windows - it takes up your full screen so you can't see your taskbar while it's your active window, and you can't tile and drag it, only maximize or minimize. 

One tip for anyone having trouble searching the D&D with wild cards: Sometimes they stick arbitrary descriptive terms after the drug name, like "Azopt eye drops" (just a made-up example) so if you search for *zopt, it won't come up with it - you would have had to search for *zopt eye drops, or *zopt*.  That's not even a good example because it halfway makes sense - there are some in there that are truly bizarre.  And you can't ever know if they styled something "eyedrops" or "eye drops."  I've made it a habit to stick another wildcard at the end of everything I search for to account for these types of entries.  They might even affect whether the sound-alike search will return the right choices, I am not sure about that.  But it takes a lot of fooling with to find something sometimes, and as slow as it is, it can really be a major timewaster.

Just on a personal note it annoys the cr@p out of me that it opens up to a kind of welcome page where you always have to click "Enter" to get started.  I can't think of a more idiotic feature to put on something made for professionals for whom time and step-saving is of the essence.

I have used the electronic QL in the past and technically speaking it is light years ahead, but like I said, I just don't find it has the entries that I need. Maybe with that plus the internet as a supplement you might not have to go to the internet very often.

Ellen Drake is putting out a version of Saunders Pharmaceutical on a CD later this year.  Why not wait and get something that does not have the licensing hassles that the Stedman's version has?  It's about time that we MTs stopped supporting companies that make it difficult to deal with installing software on our computers after a crash, or make it difficult for us to use software on multiple computers.  Some of us have laptops, a computer in our home office, AND a computer in the bedroom.  We should not have to call the software vendor to get a code every time we have a crash or upgrade a drive.

I always use Drugs@FDA.  I have it in my favorites:  http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/

You can look up drug names by using as few as three letters.  I find it's quick and efficient, and it's free, and because it's the FDA it's the latest info on drugs.

Another terrific site to look up drugs is "drugs.com"  Hardly ever have anything I can't find any more due to their wonderful search engine

Hi all,

I am seriously in need of upgrading my drug reference. I am still using Quick Look electronic 2004 and so many new drugs have been introduced in the past 4 years.  What would you recommend??  I just checked the Stedman's site and really cannot afford that kind of money right now.  Do any of you recommend a hard copy book that would keep me updated???  Thank you for any suggestions.

If so, where did you purchase it?  Out of stock at the places I have checked.

TIA.

Okay...sock it to me..when I was even newer than I am now, I wrote "drug alluding stent."  QA sent a correction saying "drug eluding stent."  NOW, I see on Google, "drug eluting stent."  SOoooo, which is it, or are they both correct?  Thanks ahead of time.

I do both basic 4 and radiology for a small hospital and get paid by the minute of dictation for all. Radiology is a third to half of the dictation I do a day.  I am thinking about going to just radiology.  Many of you have stated a per page or per report rate, but what is the average per line rate for radiology.  Is it different from the basic four dictation rate? 

There are only two radiologists at this hospital, both fairly easy to do except one is slow and one is fast, so fast, if I got paid per report, I would make four times what I make now per minute of dictation.  The slow one is going to retire soon and I will be stuck with the fast one and a new doctor which I probably will not have a problem with unless he is fast too and I would be making less money. 

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I use my pharmaceutical word book most often, then Stedman GI/GU & Stedman Equipment.  I have a used 2004 Pharmaceutical word book (Drake & Drake) if you would like it.

http://www.healthcarehiring.com/cgi-bin/providers.cgi?state=TX

The link is for the State of Texas, but you can change to any state at the bottom.  This includes all docs and NPs, including chiropractors.  Hope this helps!  Have a great day....  

eScription increased my time out value and that fixed it.

Hello all!

I am interested in getting Stedman's but am unfamiliar with the various types so I am looking to you experienced folks for help! What is best, computer-based CD or an actual printed reference book?

Also, are there different Stedman's references available for either acute or clinic? I will be doing clinic work and, as you can tell, am new to the work-from-home scene.

Any advise or help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance, and sorry to be so CLUELESS!

liz

I am going to buy some reference books to have.  Can you all help me in getting the ones I need.  I will doing a variety of reports...cardiology, radiology, emergency departments ect....

I appreciate it!!!!  :)