Micromedex, by Merative, offers a suite of clinical tools. It provides comprehensive drug, disease, and toxicology oriented information for healthcare professionals and patients. There are two ways to access Micromedex:
| Drug Interactions |
The Drug Interactions tool helps you check for interacting drugs, their effects, and clinical significance. |
| IV Compatibility |
Use the IV Compatibility tool to avoid potentially dangerous drug combinations. IV Compatibility provides easy access to Trissel’s™ 2 Clinical Pharmaceutics Database (Parenteral Compatibility) with proven data to support safe decisions for administering injectable drug in combination. Using information from leading IV compatibility expert, Lawrence Trissel, MS, FASHP, IV Compatibility presents compatibility results for over 50,000 parenteral drug combinations. |
| Drug ID |
The Drug Identification tool can assist you in identifying pharmaceutical tablets, caplets, and capsules by any of their physical characteristics such as shape, color, pattern, or imprint code |
| Drug Comparison |
View and compare drugs side-by-side with the Drug Comparison tool. Compare attributes such as: dosing, administration, indications, contraindications, precautions, adverse effects, and interactions to assist you in making the most informed choice. |
| CareNotes |
CareNotes provides concise, customizable materials to address patient condition, treatment, follow-up care, psychosocial issues, continuing health, and the most frequently administered lab tests and drugs. |
| NeoFax / Pediatrics |
NeoFax and Pediatrics provides tools to safely and efficiently prescribe, calculate, and administer drug therapy for neonates and children. |
| RED BOOK |
The RED BOOK searches and locates prices and descriptions for over 300,000 prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, chemicals used for compounding and medical devices and supplies. |
| Tox & Drug Product Lookup |
Tox & Drug Product Lookup Tool provides information on hundreds of thousands of products and substances. The source of the information comes from: DRUGDEX® and POISINDEX®. |
| Calculators | Includes a variety of clinical calculators including those for antidote dosing and nomograms, laboratory values, dosing tools, and measurement calculators. |
| Drug Reference |
The Drug Reference feature within the Micromedex app provides clinicians and healthcare professionals with comprehensive, evidence-based information about medications. It is a critical, point-of-care tool for making informed clinical decisions. |
| Drug Interactions | The Drug Interactions tool helps you check for interacting drugs, their effects, and clinical significance |
| IV Compatibility | Use the IV Compatibility tool to avoid potentially dangerous drug combinations. IV Compatibility provides easy access to Trissel’s™ 2 Clinical Pharmaceutics Database (Parenteral Compatibility) with proven data to support safe decisions for administering injectable drug in combination. Using information from leading IV compatibility expert, Lawrence Trissel, MS, FASHP, IV Compatibility presents compatibility results for over 50,000 parenteral drug combinations. |
| NeoFax / Pediatrics | NeoFax and Pediatrics provides tools to safely and efficiently prescribe, calculate, and administer drug therapy for neonates and children. |
| Calculators | Includes a variety of clinical calculators including those for antidote dosing and nomograms, laboratory values, dosing tools, and measurement calculators. |
To activate the apps:
Search for "Micromedex" in the app store on your mobile device (Apple Store, Google Play, etc)
Locate and download the Micromedex App.
Register the App
Open the app on your device.
On the Activation screen, notice the registration code. Write this down, including the dash in the middle. Tap Activate Now, enter the code on the next screen, and tap Activate Device. If your Micromedex app has been successfully activated, you should now see the Micromedex home screen.
*Note: if you get an error message during activation, go to a desktop or laptop computer and navigate to https://www-micromedexsolutions-com.lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/home/dispatch/activate. Then enter the code you wrote down earlier.
See the instructional video below.
*NEW* Installing the Micromedex App
Use your 14-digit library barcode number (located on the back of your student ID card).
Don't have an ID? Get one from the library or fill out the online request form to get a barcode number.
You can also use your Lone Star email and password by clicking the link below the barcode login.
