PharmaGuide
INSTANT reference on the Medicines in GCC Countries
SMARTPHONE VERSION
GCC Edition
GCC
How to Use Smartphone Version
(Including Overview of Contents)
(Page 1 to 19)
After you download the Application, spare a
few minutes to read this “Manual” (Yellow
Pages). It will tell you how to access data
easily, quickly and smartly. You will know,
ultimately, the features and benefits of the
Smartphone Version.
Start Here
Brief Overview of Contents of PharmaGuide SMARTPHONE VERSION
PharmaGuide SMARTPHONE VERSION contains comprehensive prescribing and trade information of all
the medicines in the country for which the Application is available [e.g. GCC Edition contains
information on all medicines available in GCC countries]. PharmaGuide SMARTPHONE VERSION is
automatically updated monthly onto your Smartphone without any extra charges. All information
including WHO/USFDA drug prescribing information updates, new products, price changes etc. are
updated every month. This will help the medical and allied profession to remain always updated to
information on all medicines available in their country.
The following information in the following order will appear whenever you will search information for any product:
Name of the Product
Company
Therapeutic Category: Appears in Black
Colour below product name.
4 Drug Category: (e.g. sulphonylurea,
biguanide….), if applicable, appears in Golden
Colour after the therapeutic category.
5 Generic Name/Contents: Appears in Purple
Colour after the therapeutic and drug category.
In case of products having large number of
ingredients (e.g. Centrum) complete formula of
the product appears.
6 Dosage Form & Strength of the relevant
product.
7 Pack Size & Retail Price: Will
appear when Price Button is tapped.
Re-tapping of this button will hide the pack &
price information i.e. always tapping & retapping will show or hide the prices.
Risk Factors
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Information provided under Risk Factors includes
Contraindications, Precautions and Risks in
Pregnancy & Lactation for the relevant product.
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Dosage & Indications
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For injectables, method of preparation and
administration are made crystal clear. The
diluent and their quantity are mentioned.
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Interactions
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Adverse Effects
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Search for an Alternative product having
SAME Content or SAME Drug Category
or SAME Therapeutic Category.
Administration
Alternate Products
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Explanation of the Buttons that has been used in the PharmaGuide SMARTPHONE VERSION:
Customized Information
Pharmaguide SMARTPHONE Version has the
unique feature of mass customization. That
means country specific data for all the six GCC
countries are available. Information can be
seen for any of the six GCC countries at the
choice of the user with the click of a button.
This feature increases the usability of the
application and comfort level of the end user.
PharmaGuide
OPTIONS
BAHRAIN
KUWAIT
PharmaGuide data is up-to-date.
Select Country: U.A.E.
OMAN
QATAR
SAUDI ARABIA
Upgrade to complete date
You are using Data on Cephalosporins only
Help & Usage
U.A.E.
Check for data updates
(Last Updated February 6, 2014)
The user will have to select any one country of
his choice. Once a country is selected, the data
for all the six countries will be downloaded.
Now the data for the selected country will
appear. The selection will remain valid, until
and unless the user selects another country
from the option menu. To do so NO Internet
connection is needed, this is an offline facility
that the user can use as long as he desires.
Enter new prepaid 14 - digit number
Visit epharmaguide.com
Exit Application
You are registered with Email
[[email protected]]
Your Data Subscription Expires On
This can be done (changed or re-changed) as
many times the user desires.
Tap here to upgrade to complete data if you have
already downloaded FREE Application (from Play
Store/App Store) with limited data on Cephalosporins
only. Now the user have 14-digit number and want to
have complete & updated data on all the medicines.
How the user can see the data of any
of the six GCC countries?
Tap here to update data, the data is usually updated
automatically but you may also update by tapping
here. You must have internet connectivity to update
data. The date on which it is updated appears below.
Tap the options
appear.
the following screen will
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Tap here to renew or extend subscription after you
have new 14 - digit prepaid number.
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Explanation of the Buttons that has been used in the PharmaGuide SMARTPHONE VERSION:
Tap to go to
Option Menu
PharmaGuide GCC Edition U.A.E.
Search P harmaGui de
Type your search here...
X
Tap to find
Search
Price will appear when “PRICE Button” is
tapped. Tapping & re-tapping will show or hide
the prices.
The currency name indicates the country of price &
availability. If only currency name appears and no prices
are mentioned, it means the product is available in that
country but the prices are not available in the application.
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Tap “Yellow Button” or
“Search Button” to Go
to Search Screen
Optional
feature for
refined specific
search Colour
Buttons. These
buttons may or
may not be
used because all
information can
simply be seen
by SCROLLING
the Screen.
Forward &
Backward
Shows the name of country selected and now
you are seeing the data of that country only.
This can be changed or re-changed as many
times the user desires. (See previous page 3 &
4 to know how to change or re-change the
country).
Risk Factors
Dosage & Indications
Administration
Currency (Abbreviation)
AED
BHD
KWD
OMR
QAR
SAR
Interactions
Adverse Effects
Country
UAE
Bahrain
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Alternate Products
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While Scrolling tap “Black Button”
to go to top of the screen
Tap XX
to clear
the text
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Tapping of this “BRAND Button”, will show you a
list of Brands which are available for the Generic.
This Button appears only when the user is searching
information by Generic.
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GCC
Tap 'application icon' to start application
and to go to search screen.
Search Screen (Main Screen)
This is the Main Screen and is to be used
most frequently. This screen is mainly used
to find information on any product.
The user must be smart or well versed in
using this screen. It is extremely important
if the user wants to find and make use of
the benefits of information provided in the
PharmaGuide Smartphone Version.
You can at any time tap X
to clear the text in the box
PharmaGuide GCC Edition U.A.E.
Search P harmaGui de
Type your search here...
X
Please type text in search box
Brand Name
The User can go to this Search screen at any
moment by tapping this “Yellow / Search Button”
How to Use this Search Screen:
When this screen appears, Tap Search Box
Area, Keyboard appears.
Type text to find detail information on the
next screen. As you type text, a list below
will appear, you can also tap any one to go
to next screen to see the detail information.
IMPORTANT: You have to type ONLY any of
these five options i.e. (1). Brand Name (2).
Generic Name (3). Contents (4). Therapeutic
Category. (5) Company Name. Other than
these five types of information never type
any other information for finding any
information.
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Generic Name (e.g. Cefoperazone)
Contents
(e.g. Cefoperazone and Sulbactam)
Therapeutic Category
(e.g. Cephalosporins)
Company Name
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As you type the text in the box of “Search Screen” the list below will show you
in the following manner:
PharmaGuide GCC Edition U.A.E.
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When list appears
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Magenta bullet before a line indicates a
Brand Name
Purple bullet before a line indicates
Generic Name and/or Contents
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ACE Inhibitors
Ace-Bex
Aceartin
Black bullet before a line indicates a
Therapeutic Category
As you tap any item you will find detail
information on the next screen.
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Hypoglycaemics excluding Insulins
Sulphonylurea
Glimepiride
Tab 1 mg; 2 mg; 3 mg; 4 mg.
Tab 1 mg 2x15’s: AED 25.00
Tab 2 mg 2x15’s: AED 44.50
Tab 3 mg 2x15’s: AED 62.50
Tab 4 mg 2x15’s: AED 75.00
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On tapping a Brand Name, you will find information in the following order, colour and
style. Scrolling of the screen will always allow you to see the continuing information.
Amaryl Sanofi Aventis
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RISK FACTORS:
Pregnancy: Contraindicated in pregnancy.
Lactation: Contraindicated or not recommended.
Contra-ind: Insulin-dependant (type 1) diabetes mellitus; diabetic ketoacidosis; diabetic precoma or coma; hypersensitivity to
glimepiride or other sulfonylureas or sulfonamides; serious renal or hepatic dysfunction; dialysis patients.
Precautions: Regular monitoring of glucose levels in blood and urine. Milder or absent symptoms of hypoglycaemia, e.g. in patients
with autonomic neuropathy or taking beta blockers, clonidine, reserpine, guanethidine or other sympatholytic drugs. Temporary
change over to insulin in exceptional stress situations (e.g. trauma, surgery, infections with fever).
DOSAGE (Alongwith Indications):
Non-insulin-dependant (type 2) diabetes mellitus.
Adults: Usual initial dosage 1 mg once daily; daily dosage may be increased at intervals of 1-2 weeks and carried out stepwise as
follows: 1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg, 4 mg, 6 mg and in exceptional cases 8 mg. Usual maintenance dose 1 mg to 4 mg daily. Children: Not
recommended.
ADMINISTRATION
--INTERACTIONS
Insulin, oral antidiabetics, ACE-inbibitors, allopurinol, anabolic steroids and male sex hormones, probenicid, quinolones, salicylates,
sulfinpyrazone, sulfonamides, tetracyclines, tritoqualine, trofosfamide, barbiturates, corticosteroids, diazoxide, diuretics,
epinephrine and other sympathomimetic agents, glucagon, laxatives, nicotinic acid (in high doses), oestrogens, phenothiazines,
phenytion, rifampicin, thyroid hormones, H2-receptor antagonists, clonidine, reserpine; acute & chronic alcohol intake.
ADVERSE EFFECTS
Hypoglycaemia, signs of adrenergic counterregulation, hepatitis, liver failure, thromobocytopenia, heamolytic anaemia.
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Ceftriaxone
Cephalosporins
Inj 250 mg; 500 mg; 1 gm; 2 gm.
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RISK FACTORS:
Pregnancy: No evidence of risk in humans.
Lactation: Caution advised or effect undetermined.
Contra-ind: Beta-Iactam hypersensitivity. Premature newborns having less than 41 weeks postmenstrual age;
neonates over 41 weeks postmenstrual age with jaundice, hypoalbuminaemia or acidosis; concomitant treatment
with IV calcium (including total parenteral nutrition containing calcium) in neonates over 41 weeks postmenstrual
age - risk of precipitation in urine and lung. Do not use in hyperbilirubinemia neonates.
Precautions: Severe renal and hepatic impairment. Do not use in pregnancy unless absolutely indicted.
DOSAGE: (Alongwith Indications)
Severe respiratory and genitourinary tract, bone and joint, abdominal infections, sepsis, meningitis.
Adults: Usually 1 gm daily by deep IM., slow IV inj over at least 2-4 mins., or IV infusion. Severe infections, 2-4 gm
as a single dose every 24 hours. Children: Usually 20-50 mg/kg once daily by IM inj., slow IV inj over at least 2-4
mins., or IV infusion. Severe infections, up to maximum 80 mg/kg daily (maximum 50 mg/kg in neonates). Doses
over 50 mg/kg to be given by slow IV infusion over at least 30 minutes.
Peri-op prophylaxis: Adults: 1 gm as single IM or slow IV dose.
Colorectal surgery: Adults: 2 gm by IM, slow IV inj or infusion with anaerobic antibacterial.
Lower Respiratory Infection: Adults: IM/IV: Usual: 1-2 gm once daily (or in equally BID doses). Max: 4 gm/day.
Otitis Media: Children: 50 mg/kg IM single dose. Max: 1 gm/dose.
Bone Infection: Adult: IM/IV: Usual:1-2 gm once daily (or in equally BID doses). Max: 4 gm/day. Meningitis: IV:
Adults: 1-2 gm once daily (or in equally BID doses). Max: 4 gm/day. Children: Initial of 100 mg/kg (not to exceed 4
gm), then 100 mg/kg once daily or (in equally BID doses) for 7-14 days. Max: 4 gm/day.
Septicaemia: IV: Adults: 1-2 gm once daily (or in equally BID doses). Max: 4 gm/day. Children: 50-75 mg/kg in
divided doses every 12 hours. Max: 2 gm/day.
Urinary Tract Infection: Adults: IM/IV: 1-2 gm once daily (or in equally BID doses). Max: 4 gm/day.
Gonorrhoea: Single dose of 250 mg by IM inj.
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ADMINISTRATION:
Ceftriaxone may be administered by IV intermittent infusion over 10-30 min; final concentration for IV
administration should not exceed 40 mg/mL. The drug has also been administered by direct IV push over 2-4 min.
Inject deep IM into large muscle mass.
IM Injection: 250 mg/500 mg/1000 mg VIAL: To make concentration of 250 mg/mL add Water for Injection 0.9
mL in 250 mg vial; 1.8 mL in 500 mg vial; 3.6 mL in 1000 mg vial.
IV: 250 mg/500 mg/1000 mg VIAL: To make concentration of 100 mg/mL add Water for Injection 2.4 mL in 250
mg vial; 4.8 mL in 500 mg vial; 9.6 mL in 1000 mg vial.
Compatibility: Stable in D5W with KCL 10 mEq, D5W, D10W, NS, mannitol 5%, mannitol 10%, Sodium bicarbonate
5%, bacteriostatic water,SWFI.
Stability: For IV infusion in NS or D5W, solution is stable for 3 days at room temperature or 10 days when
refrigerated.
INTERACTIONS:
Oral contraceptives, calcium containing IV solns.
ADVERSE EFFECTS:
GI upset. skin reactions, blood dyscrasias. Rarely pseudomembranous colitis, raised liver enzymes, glucosuria,
oliguria, haematuria, bronchospasm, phlebitis at inj. site, urinary and biliary precipitates, pancreatitis.
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Ceftriaxone
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Ceftriaxon e
Axone Pharma International
Cebact Cadila
You can tap any item on
the List to see the detail
information of the Brand.
Scrolling will show further
products in the list.
You can also type brand
name in the box to find
products that contain the
Ceftra Lupin
same Generic.
Cephalosporins
Inj 250 mg; 500 mg; 1 gm; 2 gm.
Type for Brand.....
Advacef Neopharma
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Megion Novartis
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An Outstanding benefit of PharmaGuide Smartphone Version:
Find Alternate Products within SECONDS. Just Tap the Green Button
Three different features for finding alternative products have been provided. You can use any
of these three features by simply tapping the “GREEN BUTTON”
1) Search for an Alternative product having SAME Content.
2) Search for an Alternative product having SAME Drug Category.
3) Search for an Alternative product having SAME Therapeutic Category.
1) To Search for an Alternative of Amaryl having SAME
Content.
Amaryl Contains Glimepiride.
Tap Glimepiride to find other products containing
Glimepiride
2) To Search for an Alternative of Amaryl having SAME
Drug Category.
Amaryl Drug Category is Sulphonylurea.
Tap Sulphonylurea to find other products containing
Sulphonylurea
PharmaGuide GCC Edition U.A.E.
Am aryl
Amaryl Sanofi Aventis
Hypoglycaemics excluding Insulins
Sulphonylurea
Glimepiride
Tab 1 mg; 2 mg; 3 mg; 4 mg.
ALTERNATIVES
Glimepriride Sulphonylurea Hypoglycaem...
Type for Brand.....
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Diapride Dar Al Dawa
3) To Search for an Alternative of Amaryl having SAME
Therapeutic Category.
Amaryl Therapeutic Category is Hypoglycaemics.
Tap Hypoglycaemics to find other Hypoglycaemics
Emipride Global Pharma
G Pride Oman Pharma
Tap any item on the list to see its detail information.
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e.g. Searching for an Alternative of Amaryl:
When you are seeing information of Amaryl,
Tap the “GREEN BUTTON”, this screen
will appear. Then tap any of the three “BOXES”.
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Optional or Additional feature for
Refined Specific Search
For Refined Specific Search different Colour
Buttons as shown below are provided. These
buttons may or may not be used because all
information, can simply be seen by SCROLLING
the Screen. For example if Magenta Button is
Tapped, Interactions of the product will appear.
PharmaGuide GCC Edition U.A.E.
Am aryl
Amaryl Sanofi Aventis
Hypoglycaemics excluding Insulins
Sulphonylurea
Glimepiride
Tab 1 mg; 2 mg; 3 mg; 4 mg.
INTERACTIONS
Insulin, oral antidiabetics, ACE-inbibitors,
allopurinol, anabolic steroids and male sex
hormones, probenicid, quinolones, salicylates,
sulfinpyrazone, sulfonamides, tetracyclines,
tritoqualine, trofosfamide, barbiturates,
corticosteroids, diazoxide, diuretics,
epinephrine and other sympathomimetic
agents, glucagon, laxatives, nicotinic acid (in
high doses), oestrogens, phenothiazines,
phenytion, rifampicin, thyroid hormones, H2receptor antagonists, clonidine, reserpine;
acute & chronic alcohol intake.
Risk Factors
Dosage &
Indications
Administration
Interactions
Adverse
Effects
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