Pocket Pharmacist

Highlight a drug name on any website to get a description including the drug's other names, drug class, and what it may treat.

Pocket Pharmacist: Drug Information Extension

Pocket Pharmacist is a Chrome extension that allows you to quickly access information about drugs. Simply highlight a drug name on a webpage and press a shortcut to get details such as other names, drug class, and its potential uses. It uses the National Institute of Health's NCBI API for accurate information and provides quick responses. This extension is useful for web surfers and pharmacology students.
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Extension stats

Users: 125
-1
Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2021-02-16)
Creation date: 2021-02-05
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • https://rxnav.nlm.nih.gov/*
  • storage
  • declarativeContent
Size: 556.03K

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Highlight an unknown drug name with your cursor, and press the shortcut buttons (Windows: ALT+P, Mac: CMD-SHIFT-P) to get the drug's other name, the drug class, and what it may treat. It uses National Institute of Health's NCBI API, so it includes over 100s of drugs with quick response time. Useful for web surfers to pharmacologist students. Click extension to get recently searched drugs.

Extension safety

Risk impact

Pocket Pharmacist requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Pocket Pharmacist has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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