Jenny Gold reports that, "In fact, there are 40,000 medical applications available for download on smartphones and tablets — and the market is still in its infancy. But that growth is in the cross hairs of new regulatory efforts from the Food and Drug Administration."
FDA regulators face daunting task as health apps multiply – USATODAY.com:
"Franko's goal is to make sure doctors and patients know what they're getting as quickly as possible. "These apps already exist," he says, "and people are using them in hospitals to make medical decisions, but no one knows if they're actually doing what they claim to be doing.""
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Put this on your PC. It's software that can help you identify prescription drugs lying around, whatever the reason, your pills, a friend's, maybe your children's medication . . .
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The free software is designed for use with smart phones and PDAs. What's neat is that the software provides:
At some time, we've all needed to try and identify a pill, tablet, capsule, or medication that somehow got separated from the original bottle. Or maybe you found some drugs that aren't even yours. The clues you need are:
Now you need to turn your clues into some possible matches. Drugs.com offers a Pill Identification Wizard. You simply provide some of the clues mentioned above, and with any luck you're shown a list of possible matches with photos (if they're available) and drug manufacturers. Drugs.com quite responsibly adds, "As a general rule, we should all periodically check our medicine cabinets for any expired, re-bottled, or unidentified pills. The safest bet is to keep all medications in their original bottles or packets, with pertinent labeling and instructions attached, to avoid confusion and mistakes." Be safe, be well!
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