Rx Vigilance - a reference tool for health care professionals that features information on drugs and health - can now be accessed from anywhere.
Visit the App Store to download your version.
Access to the application and monthly updates, for a period of one year, is included in the cost.
After installation, the application resides entirely on the device and does not require an Internet connection for regular use. An Internet access is required for updates.
Already used by thousands of physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other health care professionals across Canada, Rx Vigilance provides you with relevant and up to date information from
several dozen leading reference sources. Drug monographs, pharmacological profile analysis, and information on natural products and travel destinations are among some of the many features
you can now access through your device.
Our team of health care professionals is well aware of your day to day information needs. As a result, they are equipped to select what is most useful and relevant for you and your
practice and to integrate that information to Rx Vigilance. In short, you will be able to access what you need quickly and effectively.
The Rx Vigilance App includes access to:
Monographs
- Professional information on more than 1200 drugs
- Information on:
- Adverse reactions
- Official and unofficial indications
- Adult, paediatric, geriatric dosages
- Adjustments for renal and hepatic impairment
- Pregnancy/breastfeeding
- Special precautions (grapefruit, stability, food, etc.)
- Contraindications
- Interactions
- Kinetics
- Monographs are regularly updated with information deemed relevant by our team of professionals.
Travel
- Search by destination
- More than 200 destinations
- Brief and relevant overview of the destination (currency, languages, population, capital)
- Required and/or recommended immunizations by country
- Recommendations based on diseases found in each country
- Contact details for service centres that may be of use while traveling
Natural products
- Information on more than 60 of the most commonly used natural products
- Product indications classified by evidence of effectiveness
- Product description
- Discussion on product safety and efficacy
Profile analysis
- Profile analysis to identify interactions
- Description of interactions and recommendations
- Interactions classified by importance of actions to be taken by the professional
Bulletin
- Monthly communiqué for subscribers
- Details on the most recent updates and new developments
- List of monographs to which changes have been made
- Option to refer to bulletins from prior months
- Option to send questions or comments via e-mail to the Rx Vigilance team
Phone directory
- Phone directory that consists of over 6000 useful contacts:
- Hospitals
- CLSCs
- Support groups and self-help groups
- Pharmacies
- Pharmaceutical companies
- etc.
- Function that allows users to dial phone numbers directly from their iPhone
- Links to internet sites when available