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by cosmic_shame 1635 days ago
How is this any better than just searching DailyMed? Also, it's not returning generic drug labels when using a brand name (see: 'Avastin' vs 'bevacizumab' searches).
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Admittedly, it is not much better given that the same data forms the basis for the search, but this site is arguably faster once loaded and links directly to the package insert without the expansion sections on DailyMed (I don't like them personally).
Deduplicating and/or removing repackaged labels might clean that up a bit. How did you get interested in doing this?
I am a pharmacist and in the past found this useful and quicker for accessing up-to-date product labels. I might update this to deduplicate the MD5 hashes and prioritize the brand labels over the repackagers.
Interesting. I'm a pharmacist too. Still working in pharmacy?
I worked in community pharmacy for several years, but transitioned into medical communications and later started a small company of my own after several years of experience in that industry.