Formulary Handbook & Lexi-Comp's Clinical Reference Library™

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• Login from outside the hospital

Find valuable drug and clinical reference information

• Information on drugs within the hospital formulary
• Drug information from Lexi-Comp Online™, including Lexi-Drugs™, Pediatric Lexi-Drugs™ and Nursing Lexi-Drugs™
• Customizable and printable patient education materials & leaflets (Lexi-PALS™ and Pedi-PALS™)
• Drug interactions analysis (Lexi-Interact™)
• Drug identification by form, shape, color, and markings (Lexi-Drug ID™)

How to search

• Standard search: enter a full or partial drug name, use the Search button and link to the database of choice.
• Index search: use the Index button for an Alphabetical Listing of Drugs or a list of Charts/Special Topics.
• Advanced search: use the downward pointing arrow in the "Within" box to select a specific data field to search (i.e. Therapeutic Category).

How to use additional modules

• Pedi-PALS™ & Lexi-PALS: Pediatric and Adult patient-oriented leaflets are written in a question and answer format. 
  • Use the Pedi-PALS™ or Lexi-PALS™ button located within the drug monograph.
  • To customize the leaflet, select the "customize leaflet" link and enter the desired textual information.
  • Once the settings are applied, the customized leaflet can be printed.
• Lexi-Interact™: Drug-to-Drug, Drug-to-Herb and Herb-to-Herb Interaction analysis program. 
  • Enter a drug or herbal in the "Look up" box. To display a complete list of interactions for an individual item, select the item name.
  • Add another item(s) [Look up] to Analyze for potential interaction between items in the list.
  • Remove item(s) from the list by selecting the check mark next to the item name.
• Lexi-DrugID™: Drug identification module.
  • To search from any combination of descriptions (Imprint, Dosage Form, Shape, or Color) simply select from the respective drop-down lists and use the search button.
  • To search by imprint, enter the alphanumeric text and select the Lookup Imprint button - Choose the desired match from the returned search result.
  • Results of the drug search can be filtered via the "Sort By" drop down list (i.e. Uses).

Content last reviewed: November 2010