In Bangladesh the majority of pharmacists have a common tendency to suggest an alternative brand if the prescribed medicine is unavailable in the market. But most of the times we are doubtful whether the pharmacist has given us the accurate medicine or not. And it’s also true that often pharmacists give wrong medicines. It’s OK if you are familiar with the generic name of the particular medicine that you are looking for. But what happens if you are unaware about the generic name? But you don’t have to be worried anymore because DIMS is here to help you!
You must be thinking, what on earth is DIMS? Well, it’s an Android app developed by ITmedicus. The full name of the aforesaid app is Drug Information Management System. The subject app is a storehouse of all frequently prescribed Bangladeshi drug names. This app is very popular amongst doctors, nurses, medical representatives and pharmacists alike.
This app is very comprehensive; it provides both the brand name and the generic name of a medicine. In addition, DIMS also provides detailed information relating any drug, such as:
- Administration
- Dose
- Side Effects
- Contradictions
- Precautions & Warnings
- Pregnancy Category
- Therapeutic Class
- Mode of Action
- Interaction, And
- Pack Size & Price.
It has a very intelligent search option with which you can search a drug by its brand name (A-Z), generic name (A-Z) or even by indication of a disease. What really impressive is that when you are reading about a medicine you can very easily find an alternative brand by tapping on the “Other Brands” button. Any medicine can be bookmarked by tapping on the “star” sign, which will facilitate locating the medicine in future.
DIMS also offers informative news about different medicines and health related subjects. There is also a provision for giving user’s feedback. The best part is that its database is being updated on regular basis. What really means is that you can trust this app closing your eyes. This app consists of over 20 thousand brand names and over one thousand four hundred generic medicines. The greatest facility is that once installed, DIMS doesn’t require internet connectivity. The app runs very smoothly in offline mode.
The DIMS app can be download for free from
Google Play. To this date this app has been downloaded for over ten lac times. This also indicates the degree of its popularity in Bangladesh.
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