Thursday, January 29, 2009

New Online Tool: iGuard

iGuard is a no-fee online healthcare service that helps you monitor the safety of your medications, including prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, nutritional supplements and herbal extracts. It is the easiest and most user-friendly interface we have come across for creating a personalized medication list. All you need to do is create an account, which only takes a few moments, and then enter in all the drugs and supplements you take.

iGuard.org is especially helpful for those that manage information from multiple doctors or fill prescriptions at different pharmacies since contraindications are more difficult to flag in these situations. The program helps you stay safer by:

  1. Routinely checking the safety of your medications, screening for interactions between prescription drugs and also any diseases or conditions you may have and the drugs you take
  2. Alerting you, and if you prefer your doctor also, to new important safety information regarding your medications
  3. Providing chat boards, categorized by diseases and conditions, so that you can connect with other individuals with similar health conditions and learn about their satisfaction (or lack thereof) with specific drugs and side effects they experienced
http://www.iguard.org

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