To begin with, I am no programmer, however I experienced a problem recently
that was really avoidable with the proper program. Here’s the problem, our
pharmacist figured out at the last minute that she could not refill a
prescription that my wife has been taking for over 30 years, it had been
discontinued by manufacturer. On a personal note: this was a anti-depressant,
not something one wants to change that is working. When you do find a
replacement it takes weeks sometimes months to adjust to a different medication.
I have research the problem and this is what I have found: The FDA
publishes an obsolete medication list, but it is just a list. Most drug
manufacturers update this info quite regularly and usually months before they
quit making it. I would like a program that the pharmacy could use to just enter
the name of a drug and this program would flag that a drug was about to stop
being made. Maybe they could run a database of the drugs that they supply
through this program. So the intended development project would be a conversion
of databases.
I may be reached by email
Phil Derise
prderise@hotmail.com
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
Hello, I'm an amateur programmer with some experience in Java and C/C++. I'd probably do this in Java as I'm a little more comfortable with that. Not as familiar with database languages, but this looks to be a good opportunity to learn if you're willing to test my work.
What I'm seeing right now is a database on your local machine that periodically updates itself according to this FDA published list. Alternately, I suppose one could write a program that accepts a medication and immediately visits the FDA site to check the list.
Both have their merits. A locally maintained list may be quicker to check depending on your internet connection and traffic (wouldn't want a loss of service impeding your ability to make the decision). Then again, checking the site on a per decision basis would ensure the most up to date results. The local database would need to be verified daily or more to ensure a similar degree of accuracy I'd imagine.
-neetch
Last edit: neetch 2013-05-23
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
This sounds like it shouldn't be too difficult to do. I have a a bit of experience creating websites and working with databases as well and some programming experience (not professional). I could make a website that could be used to query your drug. I think a website would be good so the user doesn't need to install anything and we wouldn't need to worry about different operating systems.
If you would like me to have a go at this, I'd be happy to create a website and initially host it on a sub-domain of my website. Then if you want, you could possibly buy a hosting package/domain name that I could deploy it to.
Let me know if this is of interest to you.
Neil
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
To begin with, I am no programmer, however I experienced a problem recently
that was really avoidable with the proper program. Here’s the problem, our
pharmacist figured out at the last minute that she could not refill a
prescription that my wife has been taking for over 30 years, it had been
discontinued by manufacturer. On a personal note: this was a anti-depressant,
not something one wants to change that is working. When you do find a
replacement it takes weeks sometimes months to adjust to a different medication.
I have research the problem and this is what I have found: The FDA
publishes an obsolete medication list, but it is just a list. Most drug
manufacturers update this info quite regularly and usually months before they
quit making it. I would like a program that the pharmacy could use to just enter
the name of a drug and this program would flag that a drug was about to stop
being made. Maybe they could run a database of the drugs that they supply
through this program. So the intended development project would be a conversion
of databases.
I may be reached by email
Phil Derise
prderise@hotmail.com
Hello, I'm an amateur programmer with some experience in Java and C/C++. I'd probably do this in Java as I'm a little more comfortable with that. Not as familiar with database languages, but this looks to be a good opportunity to learn if you're willing to test my work.
What I'm seeing right now is a database on your local machine that periodically updates itself according to this FDA published list. Alternately, I suppose one could write a program that accepts a medication and immediately visits the FDA site to check the list.
Both have their merits. A locally maintained list may be quicker to check depending on your internet connection and traffic (wouldn't want a loss of service impeding your ability to make the decision). Then again, checking the site on a per decision basis would ensure the most up to date results. The local database would need to be verified daily or more to ensure a similar degree of accuracy I'd imagine.
-neetch
Last edit: neetch 2013-05-23
Hi Phil,
This sounds like it shouldn't be too difficult to do. I have a a bit of experience creating websites and working with databases as well and some programming experience (not professional). I could make a website that could be used to query your drug. I think a website would be good so the user doesn't need to install anything and we wouldn't need to worry about different operating systems.
If you would like me to have a go at this, I'd be happy to create a website and initially host it on a sub-domain of my website. Then if you want, you could possibly buy a hosting package/domain name that I could deploy it to.
Let me know if this is of interest to you.
Neil