Great app!!  
By: docpd - Apr 14, 2009
Version: 2.1
This is what made me buy the iPhone, and I have not been disappointed. I don't know what is happening to other users but it is not slow in my opinion. Generally it takes 5- 10 seconds to start up on my phone and then 2-3 seconds to bring up the keyboard when I press the Rx button. Drug interactions function works great as well, and pill pictures have come in handy on many occasions. I retired my old treo when I downloaded this one.

A Fan!  
By: MD2B2010 - Aug 7, 2008
Version: 1.0
Ever since a friend told me about Epocrates a while back, I've been a huge fan, but I was so disappointed when there wasn't an iPhone version prior to the App Store. It forced me to carry around my iPhone AND my (very dated) Palm on rounds. Those of you who wear your white coats all day know how much an extra electronic device or little drug reference book in your pocket really weighs you down; it's not like your pockets aren't full enough! So, I LOVE, LOVE having Epocrates on my iPhone...and I was pleased to see the free version available like the free one online. However, I do agree with one of the other reviewers stating that it would also be nice to be able to get the paid versions on the iPhone. I refused to actually buy Epocrates when I could only use it on the computer and my Palm. Now, I would be more than willing to pay the fee. Also, I love that the drug info is downloaded to your phone; you don't need WiFi or the 3G to access the info. And, people should know that the drug info is very up-to-date. I recently started a patient on a very new drug that few doctors even recognize the name for (Pristiq, basically a long-acting Effexor/venlafaxine), and it was on here. The bottom line: all medical students, residents, and doctors should download this. It's free, quick, easy, and up-to-date. Thank you, Epocrates!

Absolutely LOVE!  
By: Ally from Cali - Aug 7, 2008
Version: 1.0
I have been waiting for this application since I purchased my iPhone in January, and it was well worth the wait! It's truly indispensable! I am able to access what I need in an instance at bedside. I used the web app (for iPhone) and the Palm version (cumbersome and ugly), but there really is no comparison. This application is quick, intuitive, and so easy to navigate. Clearly, it would be nice if we had the availability of the full subscription, but I'm sure that will come with time.
Thank you so much, Epocrates!!!!

Indispensable application  
By: phaydu - Nov 15, 2009
Version: 2.90
This is the application I use more than any other. As a practicing physician, not a workday goes by that I don't use Epocrates to look up drug doses, adverse reactions, cost, and drug-drug interactions. The complete suite also offers very useful summary of diseases, with their workup and treatments all well summarized. All this on my iPhone. I couldn't imagine practicing this safely and easily without it!

Works for me  
By: CCRN/FNP - Mar 29, 2009
Version: 2.1
Some are complaining about no drug action. That is under pharmacology and is part of the free version. The info is good and the med math and tables are awesome. I use this daily and have little qualms about this free version. Pill ID is kinda lame but I don't use that portion. Drug comparability is great as well. Epocrates is better than the free SkyScape. Only down side is it can be slow at times. Highly recommended.

Best medical app  
By: mobidoc - Sep 18, 2009
Version: 2.71
The only app I’ve taken the time to put on the first screen so I can jump to it quickly… I’ve tried bunches of apps, but this is the one I always use. Drug info is solid, reliable and always current – I like to be able to look up new drugs as soon as patients start talking about them. specific info about the drug I’m actually looking up instead of getting generic info about the ingredients. Before Epocrates my desk drawer was full of pocket formulary guides – love the fact that I can get all that in one place now!

Epocrates is outstanding and a must have for all clinicians  
By: DKDOC - Sep 17, 2009
Version: 2.71
The Epocrates program allows clinicians, including the Pharmacist, Physician, Nurse, ect with prescribing or choosing the most appropriate and cost effective medication. As well as preventing drug- to-drug interactions and formulary decisions. This will save the patient and prescriber time with not having phone calls and complaints from POS because of medication allergies, DD, TD, or, not on the formulary. The IPhone app is an excellent extension of the other platforms available. It looks better then the Palm or Blackberry version. One great feature are the pictures of the medication for identifing loose meds. I strongly recommend all healthcare professionals invest in this program either the free or premium programs.

R.Ph.  
By: glenmelc - Sep 17, 2009
Version: 2.71
Now that epocrtates is available on the iPhone, I can carry this application on my IPhone and do not have the carry a palm device as well. I have all that I need on my IPhone ( one device). I use epocrates in the pharmacy where I work and the information it gives me is invaluable in my practice as a pharmacist, eg. drug interactions, pill identifications, drug usage and etc. When speaking to a physician, I have information that is invaluable and ready at the moment. Having this information at the ready does not waste valuable time for myself and the physician. The OTC part of epocrates has enhanced the information that is readily available. In my opinion patients lives can be saved by having this information readily available. As a pharmacist, I use epocrates quite a lot and I give accolades to the many individuals who update this reference.

A great mobile pharmaceutical reference.  
By: Dr Mi - 24-Jul-2009
Version: 2.70
As a medical specialist, I use this software daily. I have been using ePocrates since Y2K on the Palm platform. This software is a great compendium of the US pharmaceuticals. The multi-check function permits to easily find drug-drug interactions. Best of all, its FREE, which is amazing considering how polished the app is. This is better than the Palm version IMHO. Should be great for medical students and residents, nurses and other allied health professionals.

Best mobile drug content, just as fast  
By: MobileDocSF - Sep 17, 2009
Version: 2.71
After reading all the comments about Epocrates being slower than the competition, I did a side-by-side comparison and I have to say it's pretty hard to tell the difference. They are so close in terms of performance that any decision should be made based on content quality. And quality is where there's no disputing Epocrates' dominance. Epocrates has a team of Medical Editors, while their competiion just buys Rx content from Pepid. Check this out: Epocrates includes OTC info now! And you can include OTCs in the interaction checker, too. Epocrates, you just made my day a little brighter. Thank you!! Now that MedScape finally came out with their copy-cat app, I appreciate Epocrates even more. First to market, most complete, and consistently trusted by ALL my colleagues. Keep it up, Epocrates! Update: I just upgraded to iPhone 3.0 and it's made a huge difference in Epocrates' performance! It loads very quickly now, and screen-to-sceen navigation is quite zippy. I don't know how they did it, but the Epocrates software engineers really took advantage of the new iPhone OS's performance capabilities. Thanks again, Epocrates!

FREE?!?! AMAZING!  
By: Melissa0327 - Jul 24, 2008
Version: 1.0
As a nursing student, I was really contemplating whether or not I wanted to invest in a PDA so I could put all my med guides and references on an electronic device. Then I got my IPod Touch, and found out that I could put epocrates on it for FREE! Granted, it doesn't have all the reference tools I need, but it is a great tool that just saved me hundreds of dollars! Cross referencing is accurate as far as interactions. Awesome!

Great clinical tool!!!  
By: ahm3d3sa - Jul 22, 2008
Version: 1.0
I'm a pharmacy student at St. John's University and I must say that this app is much more effecient than the one available for pocketpc. Not only is the UI eye candy with the drug identifier but the drug interactions tool is much more responsive than the one on ppc in terms of speed. Didn't realize that this was such a useful tool until I applied it at work... Drug interaction tool allowed me to recommend a dosage adjustment to a physician for a DUR with kaletra and cialis. This is every pharmacy students gold ticket through clinical rotations. The only thing missing are the dosing calculators. If anything I'm pretty sure charging extra for them wouldn't be such a big deal seeing that the program overall is the big cheese. God bless and I recommed this to any healthcare professional on the go.

Fast and reliable.  
By: joemeyer - Nov 7, 2009
Version: 2.90
I have been using Epocrates for many years, first with a Palm device and recently have switched to iTouch. The interface is elegant. It is very easy to look up drug information, change formularies, check for drug interactions, and I have the Rx Pro which adds a very useful infectious disease reference which is well integrated. The free product is great as is the Rx Pro which is affordable. The Essentials suite looks amazing (I have seen a video demonstrating it) but I am hoping that it goes on sale as it is fairly expensive.
Some reviewer was concerned about privacy as Epocrates had asked for birthday etc... I have been using Epocrates for several years and find them very trustworthy.

Great product!!  
By: AirAssault - Jul 21, 2008
Version: 1.0
Reviewer #18 ffs get a life! This is an awesome FREE version of simplified epocrates that gives a lot of info that some use the most. You want a "complete" epocrates? Sell your iphone and get a palm and pay for it. Then all of us that love this FREE version of a very useful app will laugh at you and your whining when they listen to all the constructive things people had to say and come out with a full version. Great job epocrates, keep the updates coming!

Back to Basics -- it's wonderful!  
By: QelDoQ - Jul 17, 2008
Version: 1.0
Some of you forget that this is the ORIGINAL product -- it's all we had (and we really appreciated it). AND, it syncs seamlessly with a Mac, which the "newer" versions (both Rx and Essentials) didn't. I actually ditched my Palm last year when the iPhone first came out because Epocrates had become useless to me because of the sync problems. I'm very happy to have it again.
The download was easy, and the GUI is actually easier to use than the original (no scrolling problems).
-CD, M.D.

Amazing App!  
By: R. MD - Aug 25, 2009
Version: 2.70
This is great! I've used Tarascon for the last few years, and paid for it, and it doesn't compare. Clear info about dosing, interactions, pregnancy/lactation, calculations,etc. It has equivalence tables, Vaccination Schedules, ACLS protocol, images of pills, pill-finder by appearance, and updates on topics you're interested in. And it's completely user friendly, with multiple ways to search or browse.

Get this Product!  
By: chrismd - Jul 15, 2008
Version: 1.0
What could be finer? The best handheld device and the best mobile drug reference, finally linked as one! Myself and many other physicians have been walking around with a veritable tool belt, consisting of an iPhone, a Pager, and a PDA. The PDA mainly just to run ePocrates. We've been waiting to ditch the old PDA, waiting for this to happen. Now Apple and Epocrates, Inc have done it! Great job! My belt is lighter and I feel free. No more separate software, separate cradle, separte devices. Someday, we will use one device for everything. The futurists knew it would happen, and Apple is delivering!

Great app!  
By: ER JDoc - Aug 15, 2009
Version: 2.70
The folks on the Epocrates team continue to out-do themselves. The free app is great for basic drug information, but I use Epocrates Essentials because it has everything from meds to labs to disease monographs to drug interaction checker. The search function is fast and intuitive. The disease monographs are thorough (epidemiology, background, differentials, verification testing, and treatment/meds) and they keep adding & updating more diseases. I use the dosing calculators almost daily & it makes calculating peds dosages a breeze. I routinely find meds & dosage info faster than my colleagues who flip through the pharmacopia or sanford's. You can calculate everything from Winter's formula to Wells criteria in the med calc tools. It even has a pregnancy wheel. I've run it on a Palm centro and now have it on an iPhone 3gs and have had zero problems with speed or crashing.
This is a must-have app for residents & attendings alike. I used it all through my ER residency and still use it now as an attending.

Loads of Useful Information  
By: redherring79 - Jul 15, 2008
Version: 1.0
Great application for anyone who deals with medication. Updating within the app keeps everything fresh and the DocAlert messages are usually pretty interesting. The pill identifier is invaluable when presented with a medication that looks like 50 others! The wealth of information contained in the medication profiles is easy to discern and broken up logically. But the best feature is probably the interaction checking feature. Professionals and consumers alike could benefit from this application!

Great clinical tool!!!  
By: ahm3d3sa - Oct 16, 2009
Version: 2.80
I'm a pharmacy student at St. John's University and I must say that this app is much more effecient than the one available for pocketpc. Not only is the UI eye candy with the drug identifier but the drug interactions tool is much more responsive than the one on ppc in terms of speed. Didn't realize that this was such a useful tool until I applied it at work... Drug interaction tool allowed me to recommend a dosage adjustment to a physician for a DUR with kaletra and cialis. This is every pharmacy students gold ticket through clinical rotations. The only thing missing are the dosing calculators. If anything I'm pretty sure charging extra for them wouldn't be such a big deal seeing that the program overall is the big cheese. God bless and I recommed this to any healthcare professional on the go.