Dental
Lexi-Drugs:
Dental Lexi-Drugs is Lexi-Comp’s master database of drug
information pertaining to the field of dentistry. Information on over
7500 commonly prescribed medications and supplemental products is
included in this resource for dental professionals. Lexi-Comp's
industry-leading print reference, the Drug Information Handbook for
Dentistry, is derived from the Dental Lexi-Drugs database.
Lexi-Interact:
With Lexi-Interact, perform an analysis of a patient's entire drug and
natural product profile and identify possible interactions. Fully
referenced and evidence-based, this application facilitates
patient-specific, risk-to-benefit assessment. Each interaction
monograph contains the following ratings:
Reliability Rating: Indicates the
quantity and nature of documentation for an interaction.
Risk Rating: Reflects both the
level of urgency and the nature of actions necessary to respond to an
interaction:
- A - No known interaction
- B - No action needed
- C - Monitor therapy
- D - Consider therapy modification
- X - Avoid combination
Severity Rating:Indicates the
reported or possible magnitude of an interaction outcome.
THE BENEFITS:
Dental Lexi-Drugs provides mobile
access to our dental specific, point-of-care information. Updates can
be downloaded automatically, as often as daily, via Lexi-CONNECT. Each
drug monograph within Dental Lexi-Drugs contains up to 32 fields of
information, including the following dental-specific fields of interest:
- Special Alerts
- Local Anesthetic/Vasoconstrictor Precautions
- Effects on Dental Treatment
- Effects on Bleeding
- Dental Dosing for Selected Drug Classifications
- Adverse Effects, Contraindications,
Warnings/Precautions
- Dental Comment
Use Lexi-Interact to quickly and
easily review potential drug interactions. Analyzing a patient profile
is as easy as: Select, Analyze, and Review.
SELECT - A patient-specific drug
profile may
be entered into Lexi-Interact by either generic or brand name.
ANALYZE - The Analysis Results
screen
provides a summary of drug interactions identified from the selected
profile.
REVIEW - Each of the more than 1370
Lexi-Interact monographs provides a summary statement of the
interaction, a scientific and clinically-relevant review of applicable
literature (including full literature citations), and a list of
strategies for preventing and/or managing the interaction. The
potential for pharmacologically similar drugs to be involved in the
same interaction is discussed.
Please note: Lexi-Comp PDA software products operate during the subscription period only. If the product is not renewed, access will terminate.