Published by Asif Baig on 2023-12-12
What is PharmaGuide?
PharmaGuide is a mobile app that provides instant and predictive search for drugs by brand, company name, generic name, contents, and therapeutic category. It also features an interaction checker, risk factors, dosage information, administration instructions, drug interactions, adverse effects, and alternate products.
1. IM Injection: 250 mg/500 mg/1000 mg VIAL: To make concentration of 250 mg/mL add Water for Injection 0.9 mL in 250 mg vial; 1.8 mL in 500 mg vial; 3.6 mL in 1000 mg vial.
2. IV: 250 mg/500 mg/1000 mg VIAL: To make concentration of 100 mg/mL add Water for Injection 2.4 mL in 250 mg vial; 4.8 mL in 500 mg vial; 9.6 mL in 1000 mg vial.
3. The drug may be administered by IV intermittent infusion over 10-30 min; final concentration for IV administration should not exceed 40 mg/mL.
4. Stability: For IV infusion in NS or D5W, solution is stable for 3 days at room temperature or 10 days when refrigerated.
5. Rarely pseudomembranous colitis, raised liver enzymes, glycosuria, oliguria, haematuria, bronchospasm, phlebitis at inj site, urinary and biliary precipitates, pancreatitis.
6. Neonates: IM/IV: Postnatal age ≤ 7 days or > 7 days (body wt ≤ 2 Kg): 50 mg/kg/day given every 24 hrs.
7. Doses over 50 mg/kg to be given by slow IV infusion over at least 30 minutes.
8. Precautions: COPD, raised intracranial pressure, impaired consciousness, head injury, bradyarrhythmia, renal or hepatic impairment.
9. Postnatal age > 7 days, body wt > 2 Kg: 50-75 mg/kg/day given every 24 hrs.
10. Children: Usually 20-50 mg/kg once daily by IM inj., slow IV inj over at least 2-4 min, or IV infusion.
11. Contraindications: Severe respiratory depression, severe obstructive lung conditions.
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Or follow the guide below to use on PC:
Select Windows version:
Install PharmaGuide app on your Windows in 4 steps below:
Download a Compatible APK for PC
| Download | Developer | Rating | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get APK for PC → | Asif Baig | 2.86 | 1.3.4 |
Download on Android: Download Android
- Instant and predictive search for drugs by brand, company name, generic name, contents, and therapeutic category
- Interaction checker to identify any interactions among prescribed drugs
- Risk factors including contraindications, precautions, and risks in pregnancy and lactation for the relevant product
- Dosage information for specific indications
- Administration instructions for drugs, including injectables
- Drug interactions with other medications
- Adverse effects of the drug
- Alternate products for quick search of alternatives.
- Provides brand names and prices of drugs in Pakistan
- Useful resource for physicians
- App is extremely buggy and unreliable
- Requires a data connection to function, defeating the purpose of the app
- Takes a long time to load and may result in an "invalid user" error
- Verification process for mobile is difficult and may not work properly
Problematic
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New app has a bug
The New edition is problemetic
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