I have used the "free" version of Epocrates myself for years just to research drugs, their tiers, warnings, etc. There is also the enhanced paid version available for physicians.
There are a number of calculators and tools as well that come in handy as well. Also, you can use the Epocrates search 
engine on the site here as well. BD 
Marc Tenzer, M.D., spent a recent Saturday at the bedside of one of his cardiac patients who was in an intensive care unit suffering from shock. The cardiologist had inserted a catheter into the patient’s heart to measure various pressures and other indicators in hopes of getting to the bottom of the problem.
Throughout the day, Tenzer ran a series of mathematical formulas to analyze the data gathered by the catheter and make decisions on fine-tuning the patient’s medications, eventually overcoming the shock. This was not unusual, as many interventional cardiologists use the formulas when they are treating critically ill patients.
The cardiologist had already come to rely on his device, a Blackberry from Research in Motion Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, as his answering service, pager and link to other caregivers. Now, it’s also an important decision support tool running software from Epocrates Inc., San Mateo, Calif.
In addition to the Cardio Math formulas, the physician frequently uses the Epocrates software to access a drug database, using a function called Multi Check that alerts him to possible adverse drug interactions for his patients. They sometimes take as many as 10 medications.
"There have been many times when I’ve looked up medications or doses and avoided making interaction mistakes by checking ahead of time that the drugs don’t conflict with each other,” Tenzer says. “The device has become part of my workflow. It has become automatic to look things up and not rely on my memory.”
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