LexiComp Drug Info now has neonatal drug dosing and more

Neonatal Drug Information
Pediatric Lexi-Drugs will now be called Pediatric & Neonatal Lexi-Drugs, and will include a special focus on dosing and interactions for high-risk neonatal populations.

• Detailed coverage of over 250 drugs specific to neonatal patients – significantly more than other neonatal dosing databases.
  
  
  
• Reviewed by an expert panel of neonatologists and NICU pharmacists.
  
  
  
• Neonatal information is now enhanced, expanded, and highlighted in its own section to reduce confusion and make finding answers faster.

Other updates

• The 2011 Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) guidelines have been added to our monographs. There now is a link in the Clinical Practice Guidelines field and indication specific dosing when appropriate in the following drug monographs: azithromycin (systemic); ceftriaxone
  
  
  
• The 2011 HIV treatment guidelines have been incorporated into our monographs for the drugs that are mentioned. These guidelines can be highlighted in the following monographs: abacavir, indinavir, nevirapine, tenofovir, delavirdine
  
  
  
• A change to the prescribing information for all antipsychotic drugs giving further detail and warning around the use of these drugs in pregnancy. Drugs that highlight this: aripiprazole; olanzapine; quetiapine
  
  
  
• New Calculators are available in Lexi-CALC: Glomerular Filtration Rate: Adult, Glomerular Filtration Rate: Pediatric, MELD Score, Aminoglycosides: Extended Interval Dosing, Initial dose, Aminoglycosides: Extended Interval Dosing, Interval Adjustment, Valganciclovir, Bivalirudin, and Treprostinil
  
  
  
• IMPORTANT SPECIAL ALERTS - Zocor (simvastatin) and Vytorin (simvastatin/ezetimibe) have new dosing recommendations!

See LexiComp Drug Information to view updates.