Simple Steps if you are not signed in as a member

• Enter Meds to a Basic Medlist
• Search Side Effects for your symptoms
• Check Interactions
• Check Meds-Conditions (only for a patient)
• Identify Problem Meds
• Simulate Impact of an Alternate
• Use the Save As link to create a membership or sign in and save your medlist.
  

Enter your symptoms in the search box and hit enter. The list of side effects will only show those that match your search, giving you a personalized risk analysis. If a new symptom shows while taking a set of Meds, this list can show you how likely it is that the symptom is from your Meds.

Interactions are always caused by two Medications taken together.

Side Effects can occur with a single Med or have combined risks thru additive toxicity when they are taken together. These combined risks are typically not expected by your doctor so they are very important to pay attention to.

In the Side Effects Risk Map you can see:

The Combined Risk from all the Meds is shown in the All column.

When several of your medications pose a specific side effect risk, for example, nausea, your risk of nausea is typically higher than if you were only taking one of these medications (clinical professionals call this Additive Toxicity).

Any Combined Risk of 5% or more should be taken seriously and discussed with your doctor, especially if you are having related symptoms.

For a combined Medlist this shows the combined risk - how the risks of each medication adds to the others to increase your total risk of a given side effect. Side Effects can occur with a single Med or have combined risks thru additive toxicity when they are taken together. These combined risks are typically not expected by your doctor so they are very important to pay attention to.

In the Side Effects Risk Map you can see:

The Combined Risk from all the Meds is shown in the All column.

When several of your medications pose a specific side effect risk, for example, nausea, your risk of nausea is typically higher than if you were only taking one of these medications (clinical professionals call this Additive Toxicity).

Any Combined Risk of 5% or more should be taken seriously and discussed with your doctor, especially if you are having related symptoms.

For the full name of the Med, rollover any icon.

Rollover the Edit link at the top of a Med column. Add Medication takes you back to the Medlist these Meds are from, where you can Add a Medication in the standard way. When you are finished, return here by clicking on the Map to see the impact of the new Med.

Click the Info icon near the Med name to see the Drug Information Sheet - similar to what the pharmacist gives you, complete with:

• How to Use the Med
• The Med's Side Effects Risk Map
• Brand Names it is sold by
• Precautions
• Side Effects
• Interactions
• Contraindications and Precautions

Rollover the Edit link to the left of the Med Name in a Medlist or under the Med Name at the top of the Med column in a Risk Map.

Simulate Impact of an Alternate*

Choose one of the options to evaluate "What-If?"; scenarios, then view the changes to the Risk Maps.

• Based on Condition - Lets you select a Condition and then shows you other Meds that are typically used to treat that Condition. You can select from Conditions the Med is typically used for or Search all Conditions to find one more appropriate.
• Based on Theraputic Class - Medications in the same Therapeutic Class are very similar to one another but can cause different side-effects.
• Search - This behaves differently than Add Med by Name by providing a search box and bringing back a list of matching Meds that you can select from. You can limit the choices to Show Only Meds that are Generic, Brand Name, Prescription, or Over the Counter.

When it is checked, Map it! includes the Med in the Risk Maps. When it is unchecked, it is not included in the Risk Maps. You can check or uncheck Map it! in a Medlist. You can uncheck Map it! in a Risk Map by using the Edit link at the top of the Med column. To put that Med back in the Risk Map you will need to return to the Medlist check Map it! there.

To see the risk level - the likelihood you will experience a side effect - rollover the yellow-orange icons.

These will tell you how many people experience a side effect when taking this Med. This also indicates the likelihood that this synptom is coming from your Med.

Note that if even 5 out of 100 people experience a side effect and that side effect is life threatening (with a Severity of Major) you should talk to your doctor, especially if you think you are experiencing this side effect.

If this is a Combined Medlist or a patient Med Cabinet then the Combined Risk from all the Meds is shown in the All column.

When several of your medications pose a specific side effect risk, for example, nausea, your risk of nausea is typically higher than if you were only taking one of these medications (clinical professionals call this Additive Toxicity).

Any Combined Risk of 5% or more should be taken seriously and discussed with your doctor, especially if you are having related symptoms.

Click on any column heading that has a triangle in it to sort it. Click again to reverse the sort order.

When you are signed in as a member you can:

Save Patient Med Cabinets:
You can create a Med Cabinet for each family member. This provides a history of Meds, why they were used, and the ability to easily see how Meds you or your doctor are considering will work with your other Meds.

When you enter their Meds and the Conditions each Med is Treating you can see a new Map - the Contraindications Risk Map which shows which Meds should not be used with the patient's conditions.

Save Reference Folders/Medlists which are like Basic Medlists but can be saved. Multiple Medlists can be grouped into Reference Folders so if you just want to do some research on Meds for Diabetes, for instance, you can create a Reference Folder and name it "Allergy Remedies" and within it create Medlists called: Skin Rash, Hayfever, and Peanuts. .

Retrieve your Meds from one of our partners, including Microsoft HealthVault. With a HealthVault membership you may be able to retrieve your medications from your pharmacy and from then import those Meds into your Patient Med Cabient.

Basic Medlists are still available for quick checks and can be saved to Patient Med Cabinets or to Reference Medlists.

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