What is in the Pharmacology section of Epocrates standard drug monographs?
The Pharmacology section of Epocrates Rx standard monographs contains information on the drug’s metabolism, excretion, and mechanism of action. For products that are systemically absorbed to a clinically significant extent, specific cytochrome P-450 (CYP450) and other metabolic pathways and effects can be found under the Metabolism header, while the drug’s terminal elimination half-life can be found under the Excretion header. The known or proposed mechanism of therapeutic action is also given in this section. In addition, the Pharmacology section lists the Epocrates subclasses to which the drug belongs. Epocrates’ class/subclass structure is a combination of both functional (therapeutic) and pharmacologic classes, a structure that we have discovered increases speed of access when browsing by class. For example, the “Gastrointestinal” class includes both functional subclasses (e.g., “Nausea/Vomiting”) and pharmacologic subclasses (e.g., “H2 Blockers”, “PPIs”). Additional information ab
