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Find All Interactions

  Topic Outline:
 ·  Search Tips
 ·  Old vs. New
 ·  Detailed Help



Search Tips

Search
Browse Names

Use Find All Interactions to find all listed interactions for a single drug or food.

To create a regimen to search multiple drug-drug and/or drug-food interactions, use the Create a regimen search.

NOTE:
Only interactions that are cited in the product package inserts are included in the search results. Interactions with inactive ingredients are not included. Check prescribing information for details.


Search

Click the Interactions tab and look for Find all interactions for this drug or food located on the left side of the page:

  1. Select within: Click the arrow in the drop-down box, then select Drug or Food.

  2. Type the food or drug name in the textbox and click the Search button.

  3. If your search term has multiple matches, click to select the food or brand name for clarification.

  4. The resulting interactions list displays: an Interaction Summary, Drug-Drug Interactions, and Drug-Food Interactions. Navigate to any Category using the links in the sidebar on the left side of the page.

  5. Print the interactions list, create a regimen using this drug or food, or open the full document for this drug.

 

Browse Names

Click the Interactions tab and look for Find all interactions for this drug or food located on the left side of the page.

  1. Select to search for interactions for a Drug or a Food: Click the arrow in the drop-down box, then select Drug or Food.

  2. Click the Browse Names button.

  3. Click the first letter of the drug or food to view the list.

  4. If your selection has multiple matches, click to select the food or brand name for clarification.

  5. Print the interactions list, create a regimen using this drug or food, or open the full document for this drug.


Old vs. New

Search
Browse Names

Search

Previous Version New Version

1. Select PDR from the navigation bar.

1. Select the Interactions tab. Find All Interactions is located on the left side of the page.

2. Select the Drug Interaction radio button and choose to search By Product or By Food in the drop-down list box.

2. From Interactions select to search for all interactions for a Drug or Food.

3. Type all or part of the drug or food name and click the Search button.


3. Type all or part of the food or drug name in the textbox and click the Search button.

4. If your search term has multiple matches, you must click to select the food or brand name for clarification.

4. If your search term has multiple matches, you will need to click to select the food or brand name for clarification.

5. If you searched for drug interactions, you are presented with the Interactions section of the document. If you searched for food interactions, you are presented with the Interactions list.


View and/or print the document.
5. View and/or print the interaction information. Use the sidebar links to jump to specific interaction types.


Click Drug-Drug Interactions or Drug-Food Interactions to view the list of interactions. From the list of interactions, clicking a hyperlinked drug or food allows you to choose to: add the drug or food to a regimen (Add This to Regimen), Find a list of Interactions, or open the document (Find Document - Find Document is available for drugs only).


Click Create A Regimen to use this food or drug in a regimen.

Click Find Document to open the full document for this drug or food.

 

Browse Names
Previous Version New Version

1. Select PDR from the navigation bar.

1. Select the Interactions tab. Find All Interactions is located on the left side of the page.

2. Select the Drug Interaction radio button and choose to search By Product or By Food in the drop-down list box.

2. From Interactions select to search for all interactions for a Drug or Food.

Click the Browse Names button.
3. Click the first letter of the drug or food.
3.Click the first letter of the drug or food.

4. If your search term has multiple matches, you must click to select the food or brand name for clarification.
4. If your search term has multiple matches, you will need to click to select the food or brand name for clarification.
5. If you searched for drug interactions, you are presented with the Interactions section of the document. If you searched for food interactions, you are presented with the Interactions list.

View and/or print the document.
5. View and/or print the interaction information. Use the sidebar links to jump to specific interaction types.

Click Drug-Drug Interactions or Drug-Food Interactions to view the list of interactions. From the list of interactions, clicking a hyperlinked drug or food allows you
to choose to: add the drug or food to a regimen (Add This to Regimen), Find a list of Interactions, or open the document (Find Document - Find Document is available for drugs only).
Click Create A Regimen to use this food or drug in a regimen.

Click Find Document to open the full document for this drug or food.


Detailed Help

Search
Browse Names

Use Find All Interactions to find all listed interactions for one specific drug or food.

To create a regimen to search multiple drug-drug and/or drug-food interactions, use the Create a regimen search.

NOTE:
Only interactions that are cited in the product package inserts are included in the search results. Interactions with inactive ingredients are not included. Check prescribing information for details.


Searc
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To access the Find All Interactions Search:

  1. Select Interactions from the navigation bar.

  2. Select to Search within: Drugs or Foods for interaction information.


  3. Type the drug name (generic or brand name) or food in the For this name: box then click Search.

    If you would prefer to browse all entries alphabetically, rather than typing the drug or food name, use the Browse Names search method.

    To remove all selections and start over, click the Clear button.


  4. If your search term has multiple matches, you must select the generic or brand name (or food type) for clarification.

    For example: A search for 'Warfarin' - returns the generic: WARFARIN SODIUM and the brand: Warfarin Sodium USP (Taro) as possible matches.


    If you select the generic WARFARIN SODIUM, you will be presented with the brand names Coumadin for Injection, Coumadin Tablets, and Warfarin Sodium Tablet USP. Subsets of the search results will continue to display until you have selected a drug by brand name.


    Searching within a Food can result in the same subsets. For example, a search for 'grapefruit' returns Grapefruit and Grapefruit Juice.



  5. The Interaction Summary for the drug or food is displayed. Using the links in the sidebar on the left, you can jump to the Drug-Drug Interactions or Drug-Food Interactions section of the document.

    Click Create A Regimen to add this drug or food to a list of drugs and/or foods for interaction calculation.

    Click Find Document to open the full document from PDR Suite for this product (not available for foods).
  6. From this page, you can also: return to the Home page, Print this interaction information, or view Help


Browse Names

To access the Find All Interactions Search:

  1. Select Interactions from the navigation bar.

  2. Select to Search within: Drugs or Foods for interaction information and click the Browse Names button.

  3. Click the first letter of the drug or food.

  4. If you selected to search for Drugs:
    You will be presented with a page that displays all drugs alphabetically by the generic name (shown in all capital letters) or brand name (shown upper- and lower-case letters).
    Select a brand name and you will go directly to the interactions for that drug.
    Select a generic name and you will go to a list of brand names for the generic. From this list, select the brand name to open the interactions list for that drug.

    If you selected to search for Foods:
    You will be presented with a page that displays all foods alphabetically. Select the food to open the interactions list for that food.


  1. From the Interactions List you can:
    - View the Summary, Drug-Drug, and Drug-Food interaction information
    or
    - From the sidebar:
    Jump to the Drug-Drug Interactions section (if searching drugs); or to Drug-Food Interactions section
    or
    - Click:
    Create a Regimen to create a list of drugs and/or foods to calculate interactions using this drug or food as an entry in the regimen;
    or
    Find Document
    to open the PDR Suite document (not available for foods)
    or
    - Return to the Home page, Print this interaction information, or view Help