# Medicine Dictionary

> and Prescription Drug Guide

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1021593933](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1021593933)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1021593933`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Farlex, Inc.
- **Category:** Medical
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (983 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-20
- **First published:** 2015-09-08
- **Size:** 5.75 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/medicine-dictionary/id1021593933)
- **Website:** [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/privacy-policy.htm](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/privacy-policy.htm)

## Description

Medicine Dictionary and Drug Guide by Farlex is a free Chrome extension that provides instant access to comprehensive drug information for 4,000+ prescription and OTC medications, trusted by doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals. It covers generic and brand names, side effects, interactions, drug class, administration, treatment methods, contraindications, off-label uses, chemical makeup, patient monitoring, and more.

Key features include unlimited bookmarks, voice search on supported devices, search suggestions as you type, recent searches, advanced search options (Starts with, Ends with, Contains, Wildcard), font size adjustment, and easy sharing of definitions. There is no subscription or locked content—open the app and access all material immediately on supported devices.

## Rankings

- #55,120 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for easy navigation and broad, clinically useful drug information, benefiting students, nurses, and clinicians. Key strengths include quick search, side effects and interactions details, and patient teaching. Common downsides are gaps in medication coverage and occasional inaccuracies or incomplete interaction data, suggesting a need for more complete, up-to-date content to support informed clinical decisions.

### Pros

- Easy to navigate and user-friendly interface.
- Wide range of information and comprehensive drug data.
- Helpful for students, nurses, and clinicians.
- Provides side effects, drug interactions, and patient teaching details.
- Fast, searchable access to medications and information.

### Cons

- Meds coverage is incomplete; not all medications are available.
- Information can be inaccurate or incomplete (e.g., incorrect drug categories).
- Drug interactions data is not fully comprehensive; some interactions are missing.

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