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Drug Guide and Interaction Checker

For safety’s sake, every member should have access to current, comprehensive information about drug interactions – information that’s especially important to Medicare Advantage members. Our Drug Guide and Interaction Checker provides a robust medication database containing information on more than 7,000 over-the-counter and prescription medications.

Give Members the Information They Need to Make Smart Medication Decisions.

It’s a simple, two-step approach. First, the Drug Guide educates members on general drug information, generics, proper dosage, side effects, warnings, and FDA recalls and alerts in addition to recent FDA approvals. Its user-friendly search function makes it easy to find a specific medication. Then, once a drug is identified, our Interaction Checker confirms any food and drug interactions of concern.

Hundreds of new prescription and over-the-counter drug products are introduced every year that can interact with existing medications. For this and other reasons, everyone who takes more than one medication is at risk. The Drug Guide and Interaction Checker help to minimize that risk by providing essential information that members can navigate with ease. Benefits include:

  • Supports medication education efforts
  • Encourages proper use and compliance
  • Enables members to respond to recall and approval postings
  • Prevents drug interaction illness, injury and related costs