Drug formulary

Children's Memorial Hospital Formulary Handbook
& Lexi-Comp's Online Clinical Reference Library™

Search the Children's Memorial Hospital formulary and retrieve valuable drug and clinical reference information including:

• Information on drugs that are on the hospital formulary
• Drug information from Lexi-Comp Online™, including Lexi-Drugs™, Pediatric Lexi-Drugs™ and Nursing Lexi-Drugs™
• Customizable and printable patient education materials & leaflets (Lexi-PALS™ and Pedi-PALS™)
• Drug interactions analysis (Lexi-Interact™)
• Drug identification by form, shape, color, and markings (Lexi-Drug ID™)

Users within Children's Memorial Hospital may reach the formulary here. All other users may reach the formulary here. If you are a physician affiliated with the hospital but do not yet have a user ID and password, please contact the hospital pharmacy at 773.880.4477 or 773.880.4566.

Formulary searching instructions

Standard Search: Enter a full or partial drug name, use the Search button and link to the database of choice.

Index Search: Use the Index button for an Alphabetical Listing of Drugs or a list of Charts/Special Topics.

Advanced Search: Use the downward pointing arrow in the "Within" box to select a specific data field to search (i.e. Therapeutic Category).

Additional modules

Pedi-PALS™ & Lexi-PALS™:
Pediatric and Adult patient-oriented leaflets are written in a question and answer format. To use:

• Use the Pedi-PALS™ or Lexi-PALS™ button located within the drug monograph.
• To customize the leaflet, select the "customize leaflet" link and enter the desired textual information.
• Once the settings are applied, the customized leaflet can be printed.

Lexi-Interact™:
Drug-to-Drug, Drug-to-Herb and Herb-to-Herb Interaction analysis program.
To use:

• Enter a drug or herbal in the "Look up" box. To display a complete list of interactions for an individual item, select the item name.
• Add another item(s) [Look up] to Analyze for potential interaction between items in the list.
• Remove item(s) from the list by selecting the check mark next to the item name.

Lexi-DrugID™:
Drug identification module. To use:

• To search from any combination of descriptions (Imprint, Dosage Form, Shape, or Color) simply select from the respective drop-down lists and use the search button.
• To search by imprint, enter the alphanumeric text and select the Lookup Imprint button - Choose the desired match from the returned search result.
• Results of the drug search can be filtered via the "Sort By" drop down list (i.e. Uses).