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Note: I am not a pharma student to answer your complex pharmaceutical questions. Please do not ask me to provide some brands data names in excel sheet or the copy of electronic drug reference. Please go to the above site and purchase it. Whatever I can provide, I have provided here. Need more? Then, log into MedCLIK and explore. Thanks in advance!
When I was in medical transcription training, we were provided with Quick Look Drug Reference for medicine search and its dosage details. I was surprised to see its features. It was extensive with all the drug names, brand and generic names, therapeutic category, usage, dose, and dosage forms. We learned that a generic drug can be sold with different brand names produced by different companies. For example: aspirin is a generic drug (original formula), which is available under brand names of Ascriptin, Bayer Aspirin, Easprin, Ecotrin, Halfprin, ZORprin, etc (in USA).
After looking at this electronic drug reference for American drugs, I thought that there will be an Indian electronic drug reference. I searched a lot over the net for nearly one month, but was unable to find it. After passing through class training and on-job training, I was put on regular roles and started searching again. While searching the Indian Medical Association website, I came to know about the site MedCLIK, which provides an online drug reference for Indian medicines.
Go to http://www.medclik.com/medcliklan/Index.aspx and click “New User” and register with your email ID. You will get a mail in your inbox with a confirmation link. Click on that and confirm your login details. It will also ask for your personal details like profession, address, and mobile numbers. Select profession as “others,” put just your state or city in address field, and leave the others and save. Now, your login ID is ready. Again, go to the above link and login with registered email ID.
If you don’t want to take that much pain, then login with a dummy ID, naveen@trash2009.com and password 123456.
In MedCLIK, besides the above information, they also indicate the manufacturers’ name and price. I think it is very helpful. If you know a brand, just key in and you can find the generic name of the drug and the list of brands available for that with price and company information.
You can see the below screenshot I have taken for brand search for “gentamicin,” an eye drops preparation.
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July 20th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Could you post a topic or a link from where a complete Indian Pharmacopeia for PC can be downloaded……
Thanx
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:14 pm
It’s not available over the net. You have to purchase it from MedClik.
September 6th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
can you please give me info on ashma inhaler cortico steroid containing,available in India? My mom used pulicort before and just heard that it is not available in India anymore. Are there equivalent ones?
A big thank you.
September 23rd, 2007 at 11:20 am
That site is tremendously useful. I have never been able to obtain details of drugs available in India through the web. This is awesome, Thanks.
November 7th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
good
December 23rd, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Hi,
I have been prescribed the following drugs after a mild stroke and I would like to know more about their function, what I should avoid in my diet to reduce risk of reactions etc.
Deplatt A
Aztor 20
Amlopress AT
Shelcal M
Zyloric
Telma 40
Please advise.
December 23rd, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Hi Srinivas!
I am not a doctor to give you an advice. I have given these details as a reference to know more about the drugs and their usage. Please consult your physician to know more about these drugs and do not follow anything available on the internet, it may be harmful.
If you want to know more about the drugs you are prescribed, register at Medclik. Go to the “Brands” section and input the drug names. It will show you all the available branded drugs for the drug you entered. Below that you will see an option “Pharmacology of (Generic name of the drug)” and click on that to see the mechanism of action, side effects, contraindications, and precautions.
Please refer to these sites to know more about the stroke:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stroke/DS00150
http://www.stroke.org
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/stroke.html
http://www.strokeassociation.org/
January 4th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
This site is very useful..Thanks naveen for the help
Sujit Jos
January 18th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
hi,
this site is very much usefull i am studying b pharmacy 1year
February 5th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Hello.. Thank u very much… Hey listen, how did u get the screenshot which u have uploaded here… do we have to purchase it or is it free online…
February 5th, 2008 at 11:28 am
@Ashwini Prasad
If you are using Firefox, then use ScreenGrab extension. You can also consider a full featured software like PhotoScape. Read below articles for more info.
http://www.naveen.info/2008/01/22/screengrab-screen-grabbing-extension-for-firefox/
http://www.naveen.info/2007/11/13/photoscape-a-free-alternative-to-snagit/
February 15th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
can you tell me the generic name of buscalm tablet
February 19th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
could you provide details about the limit tests procedure for sulphates, chloride, arsenic, lead as per Indian Pharmcopeia? The info is not available on the net and I cannot afford the expensive indian pharmacopeia.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
@allan dsa
I am not a science student to understand “limit tests procedure.” Please login to MedClik and see you can find any info.
March 10th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
place where to purchase indian pharmacopoiea
March 10th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
@agastyabiopharm
You can purchase it in electronic form on CD from MedCLIK, It’s cost is Rs.1000/-
March 28th, 2008 at 7:57 am
I am in USA now and its hard and costly to find indian pharmacoepia there.And this site was really helpful to tell my patients in india the brand i want them to prescribe for their problem.
thanks Naveen
March 29th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Thanks for your comments sir.
April 25th, 2008 at 10:01 am
You are requested to give monogram of Cetrizine I.P.
April 25th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
@Bipin Nakarani
I am not a since student to give you those details. Just login into the site and see you can get any useful info.
May 17th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
can you give me the mrp of all inhalar,spacer,rotacaps of the brand “avessa “of ranbaxy
May 17th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
@rajeev
Login to the site and find it yourself. Just a quoted a site where you can find this info.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
hi
i want comlete indian drug review on my laptop. what should i do?
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
@samir
You need to purchase the electronic dictionary on CD to install it in your laptop.
June 8th, 2008 at 1:44 am
Thanks guys for info on mediclik. It is really useful.
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:51 am
HI,
I want name & addresses of manufacturers of COLCHIINE containing formulations in INDIA
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Hey Naveen thank you for the help, the site medclik is really good. I now have a lot of info at my fingertip. once again thanks a lot
July 27th, 2008 at 6:15 am
@Juned
Go to generic drugs option and input colchicine. It will shows the brands available and their manufacturer details. Then, typing the company name in Google, you can have the details you wanted.
Dr Bonny Zachariah
Thanks for your kind comments.
July 30th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
hi i m shivali, i’ve recently cleared my dermatology pg and not much aware of trade names of DVL drugs kindly provide me with the latest used drugs in INDIA in dermatology. Thanx
July 30th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Hello, Do u know anything about { Moxovas 0.2mg } ! It is a drud prescribed by a cardiologist to my grandfather for Hypertension saying it is the latest class of Drugs whic acts both on the CNS and Excretory Sytemic effects if any ! I searched every Pharmacy in my native place (Visakhapatnam) hearing a big ” V Dont Konw ” from all the pharmacists !
July 30th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
I searched on Google but it didnt yeild a single result to my surprise !
July 31st, 2008 at 6:49 am
@shivali
If you notice my earlier comments, you will know that I am not a since/medicine student. So, please log into MedClik and explore it.
@Dr. Mukesh
I did a quick search and didn’t find anything. It might be misspelled.
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:59 pm
i am searching for a drug by the name of “carboriv”. what is it and are there any substitutes?
August 5th, 2008 at 9:41 am
hi naveen
I need to know the drug name for combination of aceteminophin,aspirin and caffeine( its called Excedrin in USA)
Thanks a lot
August 11th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Thank you for this information…. I have been scouring the net for info about a drug avaialble only in India – I hope I get details at the sitge mentioned by you. Thanx once again…
August 13th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Help.I have sent a packet of life saving medicines for a baby in the U.S.A.these are the medicines sent the DHL agent ants the generic name for th following tablets/capsules.
WYSOLONE
RENEWLIV
VAMIKIND
UDILIV
VETA K
R CIN COMPLETE T. D
FOLINZ.
tHESE MEDICINES WERE DESPATCHED FROM CHENNAI, INDIA.
August 17th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
@ raghav & kenneth reinhardt
Please log into MedCLIK and find it yourself. It is very easy to use and you can search the drugs with both generic and brand names.
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
need a to z drug index including latest branded drug
with salt,mrp,packing,trade and etc
August 24th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
@vivekanand
You need to log into MedCLIK and make a file going through the index.
August 29th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Thanks for the info .
i need to know, if we can know the innovators tat launched the product.
I need to search for innovator of some products in India. Can i get some help?
August 29th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Sorry Trupti!
I don’t have the info about it, but see if the below links are of any help.
http://ipindia.nic.in/
http://ipindia.nic.in/patsea.htm
September 4th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Kindly let us know where can be NFS 60 cell line be available for performing bioassay of filgrastrim. As it is not available with ATCC.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
@Mariam
I think you haven’t gone through the above comments. I am not a pharma student to understand what you are saying. Believe me I didn’t understand what you are requesting. Sorry!!!
October 10th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
sir can you give me the list of the name of the marketed drugs which content acridine atom……….if you can pls help me……………..thanks
October 11th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
sir
Im working in QA in farma fresser
could plz.provide the ans of following
Imp checks in febrigation @ compression
October 11th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
@sudhir & chinmay
I am commerce student and medical transcriptionist by profession. I am unable to provide answers to your questions as I didn’t understand those.
Thanks for visiting!
November 13th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I don’t think the Medclik section for Online drug search is still there. Any other website for looking up medication info?
November 13th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
@Frank
It seems that they are redesigning the site. I hope they will make it available online again.
November 15th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
dear sir,
please refer me a site which contains a review of all the medicine…..
February 11th, 2009 at 10:43 am
nice
February 11th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
It is under “Send SMS” section. Direct link: http://www.160by2.com/MyAlerts.aspx
February 16th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Thanks, Naveen for the url. I knew that such a site is available for Indian drugs but could not find the URL after google search. Registered medical practitioners can get a free copy of MIMS. A similar site is CIMS which also gives the different brand names, indications, dosage, ADRs, and a lot.
February 17th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Hi,
Thanks for your valuable help. I am too a home-based Medical Transcriptionist working for Heartland-Spryance (a diploma holder in Mech Engg & got trained in Medical Transcription at Coimbatore KGISL).
Once again, thank you very much for providing this information. It is of great help, as of now only I have been able to find a Indian Medical Drug Reference.
Edited for removing mail address. Publishing mail openly on net can attract a huge spam.
February 17th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
I have searched in that when MedCLIK was offline for few days. What I came to know is that, it has more and accurate data than any other and it can be accessed without registering. It has lot of options too.
February 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
hi friends:
i am pharmacist working in GCC, i need indian drug reference some time, is that any free downloadable version forIDR if any body knows please reply my mail
February 21st, 2009 at 10:30 pm
I did not find a downloadable version. But, if you are really in need then, you can get one from MedCLIK for 1k or so. Visit their homepage and purchase.
March 15th, 2009 at 11:45 am
hi man……. its awesome thnx a lot ….
March 19th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
SULPITAC…&CITOPAM
The details about their phamacology etc
March 21st, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Dear Ashok,
I can’t find time to do all these things, that is why at the beginning of the post there is a note in green color. Log into MedCLIK and find it yourself. You can also just Google the drug and find the generic, then put them into http://www.rxlist.com or http://www.drugs.com to see more details.
Hope you will understand.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
hi naveen,
we doctors dont have time to find brand names for many new drugs just prescribe what is advertised,i work for poor pt and always wanted to know the cheapest of the available drug but not compromising on quality…i have personally been searching….but thanks a lot
May 4th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
is nux vomica a restricted drug?
May 4th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
It’s a homeopathy drug. I don’t know whether it is restricted or not. Sorry!
May 11th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
I’m a psoriasis patient and have recently been given the Drug known as Folitrax 7.5 mg to control my lesions. I’m also given to understand that this is a anti-cancer drug. Need to know how this i sbeneficial in psoriasis. Please advice urgently
May 11th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
As the article says, I am not a pharma or medicine student to clear these doubts. You should ask these details your physician rather than asking somebody on the Internet.
July 5th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
hi
can i know a site where all new used drugs nowadays can be seen with detail with dose n side effect.
July 20th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Hi,
is there any site or reference showing that the drugs under clinical trial or about enter the market.
July 20th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
I think this is the site you are looking for http://cdsco.nic.in/ (Central Drugs Standard Control
Organization).
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ also helps you to get more information.
August 30th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
give me subtitute name of following drug prescribe to me 1) Seloken XL 25mg cotent Meloprolol and 2) Losacar 25mg
August 30th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Hi, and thank you for your information in advance!
I need to find a medicine in India: it is known as Gleevec, Glivec or Imatinib.
Is there a diferent name used in India?
Thanks and regards;
Pablo.
September 1st, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Seems to be not available in India as a tablet, but only in the form generic bulk drug.
September 1st, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Google it to find the generics. Then go to the link given, click generics, and you can see various brands of that drug.
September 8th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
what is the generic name of MOXOVAS and wher can I find the details about it?
September 10th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I am pharmacy student and i want to purchase pharmacopoeia. please sugest me about it
September 10th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Purchase it from MedCLIK @ http://www.medclik.com/
September 25th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
i want some company name which makes grapeseed extract(GSE) product as an anti oxidant
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:33 am
hi,
today i tried to get info from medclick as suggested by you but its not working. is there any other way of getting drug info?
October 4th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Just now tested it and working fine. May be it was down for maintenance when you were using it. Try now and let me know. Enter “test” in the first box and click “Login“
October 4th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
the url u gave is not functioning. can you provide some other url??
October 4th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Working fine here. Click -> http://www.medclik.com/General/pages/drugmanual/Index.asp
Select “Brands” or “Generics” and then it asks for login. Just type “test” in the first box and enter.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
hi i am a pharmacist doing pharma business since lsat thirty years
i am impressed by the mails you are reciving, i have browsed
thru ” medclik” found that they are givinig information only for the
drugs manfucatured by ” their subscriber manufacturers”,if you find
any other good website please reply.
with regards
suman gupta
October 26th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
CIMS Asia is also a good website. But, you need to register to access it.
October 28th, 2009 at 10:58 am
I am having trouble of Arthertics & i was prescribed following drugs by repucted doctors I want to know probable side effects on normal human body. 1) Etrobax 90 ( ETORICOXIB – by ranbaxy Lab) . 2 ) Folitrax -50-ing (Methotrexate )
I was prescribed for Parkinson & Prostate below mentioned medicines
1) Synodopa plus -(levodopa & carbidopa ) tablets
2 ) Urimax – 0.4 mg ( tamsulosin hydrochloride modified )
Please reply the side effects & how long the medicines can be taken.
October 29th, 2009 at 7:02 am
Log into the site and follow the procedures I showed you. There will be a link to show possible side effects. Just check around after drug search.
October 29th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
very quicker
November 12th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
hey…real useful links..thank u so much Mr.Naveen!
January 17th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Hi…Firstly i wanna say thanks a tonne..d site is going to prove really helpful to me as i am pursuing my final semester MBA in pharma mngt. Seconly, i am looking forward for some kind of a project or training as well in this field…
January 17th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Thanks for your kind comments.
February 7th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
what is the price of indian pharmacoepia in india and in U.S.A.
February 7th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Rs: 1500 for one year subscription. Check out this page: http://www.medclik.com/General/pages/others/medclik.asp
April 13th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Can u please tell me more about this ayurvedic drug called Delicate-Fat to Slim
April 14th, 2010 at 7:03 am
I don’t have the knowledge about Ayurvedic drugs.
May 7th, 2010 at 7:13 am
i have stretch marks on my back. As i started reading om internet i found that ‘Trilastin’ is the effective cream i want to know if this cream is available in india?
May 7th, 2010 at 7:45 am
It seems to be a special cream made of elastin, collagen and soy protein. I am unable to find it on MedClik.
June 22nd, 2010 at 3:11 pm
can you give information about dimethyl phatalate
June 30th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Thanx for your great attempt. I am a officer in a commando unit. We have to face firing in jungle quite often. Sometimes our jawan gets bulltet injury and in jungle specially at night we are helpless , just waiting for back up. Can u help us to find some medicine specially in powder form used for blood clotting . I am not specialised. so please give details such as cost, dose, precaution etc. Pls find some time in the interest of this commandos,dedicated their life for nation.
July 1st, 2010 at 12:21 am
Thank you very much for contacting and appreciating my work. I am just a transcriptionist and know how to use these dictionaries to find out whether a medication is suitable for the condition listed. I am not a doctor to prescribe something or help choose the correct medicine. You need to contact a physician to find out that. Hope you understand.
July 4th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
OK ..thank you friend.
August 16th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
good good
August 17th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Thanks for the details, I also came across medindia.net which also have drug directory. Here is the link http://www.medindia.net/doctors/drug_directory.asp Please go through it and give your opinion.
August 17th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Hi Naveen.
Thanks for the details,
I came across medindia.net which also have drug directory. Here is the link
http://www.medindia.net/doctors/drug_directory.asp
Please go through it and give your opinion.
August 17th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Seems to be good alternative. Thanks for bringing it to my notice.