Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Epocrates will help you get drug info

This announcement was paid for by Epocrates. You ever needed a free drug reference for iphone? Sure, we all have. Well...what if I told you that you could have one? Don't believe me? You will... So physicians (otherwise known as doctors) are going mobile. That's right. I'm not talking about the old school pagers they used to carry. I'm talkin' iPhones baby. Drug information is now always on call with Epocrates. More than 50% of doctors now use PDAs or smartphones. Epocrates is a big part of this. They are pretty much credited with the whole thing! Their medical reference software is seriously used by over 500,000 healthcare professionals, man! That's a lot! Unbelievable! They have a completely loaded drug guide on their PDA or smartphone. These clinicians are ballin'! They can access all this crazy information that they need to prescribe the right medicine. And they can get it RIGHT NOW! They can access information to help you with drug dosing, side effects and health plan coverage. (Does somebody smell awesome? I think I smell awesome.) Want an example though? You don't trust me? Okay, fine. Well, if a physician (let's call him Dr. Dreigh) is prescribing an antibiotic for a stubborn sinus infection, but the patient is already on Coumadin, then Dr. Dreigh would pull out his trusty PDA/smartphone and try to find any possible harmful interactions between the two drugs. That way, he will know before he rights the prescription. And he doesn't even have to leave the exam room to go logon to an old school Apple computer, or to ask his nurse, or one of the drug dealers in the waiting room who is waiting to have his gunshot wounds treated after a deal went bad. He doesn't have to deal with any of that! You still want to know more? You want to know exactly what the Epocrates drug reference guide offers? Okay. How about this: Free medical Pocket PC software Free medical Palm software Free medical Windows Mobile software They also launched a free drug reference for BlackBerry devices. That's what I'm talking about Epocrates! And they aren't stopping there. They are working closely with Apple to develope a downloadable drug guide for iPhones too! That will be great when that comes out. But in the meantime, doctors with an iPhone or iPod Touch can access Epocrates content by visiting m.epcorates.com on their Safari web browser. Epocrates: Not Socrates, but making all the doctors say please, we need more!

Reggie Kardashian

As Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush continue to make entertainment news followers nauseous with their public displays of affection, the couple will be glad to know it has at least one fan: Kim’s stupidly-named sister, Khloe Kardashian, says the pair should get married. Maybe. But not too soon. It’s serious stuff, after all. “I hope [they get married], I love Reggie. I think they complement each other,” Khloe kommented. “But I still think it’s early, I don’t know. People want to rush everything. She’s amazing. She’s so mature, she’s so the girl that’s like a one-guy person. That takes a teamwork thing. They have to grow together. It’s like a serious step.” Wow, I'm glad I know what's going on now! Thanks a lot! Reggie Bush needs to work on his game more though.

Ever been drunk at a carnival?

Back in 1997, Tucker Max and I decided that we were going to go visit Slingblade down at the Kentucky State Fair. It was the summer after I had left Duke Law School, and I knew that Slingblade would be down for the visit because he had recently broken up with his woman because they were watching TV one day and she called Jude Law a hunk. So on the way down--in my beemer--Tucker and I decided to do what every college-aged kid does when they drive: drink. Little did we know, however, that drinking was actually illegal while driving (in Kentucky...don't know about other states). So I got pulled over for swerving into oncoming traffic. I ended up blowing a .4 and was locked up all night for a DUI while Tucker fucked my girlfriend, later that night behind a dive bar. It was a great night!