Online drug lookup

penguin8r wrote on Friday, April 20, 2007:

I have been trying to figure out why the online drug lookup in OpenEMR is broken, I know it’s trying to connect to a certain website, but not what it is looking for on the website.  Can anyone tell me where the actual lookup functions are in the OpenEMR code??  I tried to find it but I’m not having much luck so far.

Thanks!!

tekknogenius wrote on Saturday, April 21, 2007:

openemr/templates/prescription/general_lookup.html
openemr/controllers/C_Prescription.class.php

tekknogenius wrote on Saturday, April 21, 2007:

forgot one
openemr/library/classes/RXList.class.php

markleeds wrote on Sunday, April 22, 2007:

I use medscape.com to look up drugs.  Not from within OpenEMR, just in a separate tab.  It is free, but you need an account.

For icd9 lookup I use icd9cm.chrisendres.com/.  It is the first to come up in a google search for ‘icd9’ so it must be popular.

I organize my prescription info in CAMOS.  This way I only have to look up a drug once usually.  I have a lot of commonly prescribed drugs stored there now.

Other web resources would be helpful.  Many older medical internet guides I have looked at are outdated.