Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for selecting drugs, such as prescription drugs, and comprises the steps of: receiving search criteria; identifying a set of drug(s) which meet the search criteria (i.e., a relational drug class); providing identifying information about each drug in the set; receiving a selected drug from the set of drug(s); and providing basic information about the selected drug, including indications, contraindications, adverse reactions, classifications, drug interactions and/or drug class interactions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for disseminating drug information. In architecture, the system includes a server device containing original drug information. The server device further comprises an update mechanism that creates update drug data for addition to the original drug information, and a transmit mechanism that transmits the update drug data to the remote device upon receiving a request from a remote device for the update drug data. The present invention can also be viewed as a method for disseminating drug information. The method operates by (1) creating update drug data for addition to original drug information; (2) waiting for the remote device to request update drug data; and (3) transmitting the update drug data to the remote device.