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- PsyMed
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- medication files
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- Introduction:
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- PsyMed is quick reference guide to the psychotropic medications. The
- software provides quick and easy access to over 130 medication definitions
- commonly needed by Mental Health professionals and others. With PsyMed you
- avoid the drudgery of searching thru various medication books to find the
- medication you need information on. The information can be accessed
- instantaneously by various PsyMed "search" functions or by keying in a
- complete brandname spelling.
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- Medication Information
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- PsyMed provides condensed Indications, Adverse Reactions, Dosage, and Visual
- Identification information on all psychotropic medications contained in its'
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- Equipment and Installation Requirements
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- PsyMed is designed to work with all IBM PC and compatibles. 256K memory
- or greater required. PsyMed is compatible with CGA, EGA, VGA, and mono
- videos. Hard disk is recommended although not required.
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- Hard disk: All PsyMed files should reside in the same directory.
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- Floppies: PsyMed requires about 594K for all files and program.
- One High Density diskette should hold the complete set.
- (720K, 1.2Meg, etc).
- If you are using PsyMed on 360K floppies, the files
- should be divided up for a drive A: floppy and a drive B:
- floppy as follows:
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- Drive a: psymed.exe
- psy&&.dat
- psy@@.dat
- all indx.dat files
- all cindx.dat files
- share.txt
- intro.dat
- readme.doc
- psymed.doc
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- Drive b: psy.dat
- psy##.dat
- mindx.dat
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- PsyMed Keys
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- PsyMed is designed to be easily navigated by the use of only a few common
- keys. Menu selections can be made by the UP and DOWN arrow keys. PAGE UP
- and PAGE DOWN keys are used when multiple "search" screens are being viewed.
- The ESC (escape) key is always active for quick exit from any PsyMed
- function. Function keys F1, F2, and F3 are used for popup windows while
- viewing medication information (i.e. dosage, etc.).
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- Using PsyMed
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- Main Menu
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- The PsyMed main menu has the following top-level selections for medication
- search/retrieval:
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- Specific Search:
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- (B) Brandname
- (G) Genericname
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- General Search:
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- (P) Partial
- (C) Category
- (L) List All
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- Other:
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- (M) Manufacturer
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- (E) Exit
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- F1 - Help ESC - Exit
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- To make a menu selection, you may use the UP and DOWN arrow keys. Press
- ENTER to select. You can also make the menu selection by typing in the
- letter of the selection in parenthases, i.e (C) for Category. For Help,
- press the F1 key and then use the F10 key to exit Help. Press ESC to exit
- PsyMed, or select (E) Exit from the menu.
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- PSYMED FUNCTIONS
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- The following describes each of the PsyMed primary functions:
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- Specific Searches
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- These searches require that you key in the appropriate letters of the
- medication for PsyMed to display.
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- Brandname
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- The Brandname search allows you to key in the exact spelling of the
- medication you wish to view. PsyMed will then search the files for a match
- on the medication. If the med is not found, an error message is displayed.
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- Genericname
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- The Genericname search requires that you enter in the complete spelling or
- a partial spelling of the medication desired. PsyMed will then list all
- medications that match your input.
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- General Searches
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- The general searches are the primary PsyMed "scan" functions. These allow
- you to search for a particular medication when you are not sure about
- proper spelling or other particulars about the medication. There are three
- different general searches you can use.
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- Partial
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- The Partial search prompts you to enter all known brandname letters. For
- instance, to find all medications starting with the letters "Ste", you would
- key in "Ste" and hit Enter. PsyMed would then search the files and display
- Stelazine and any other medications that match the "Ste". Your input may
- be upper or lower case.
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- Category
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- The Category search displays a series of menu screens that allow you to
- select a particular class of medications. For instance, you can decide to
- view all Antidepressants and PsyMed will then begin listing out all
- medications in this classification. All of the primary Psychotropic
- classifications are representated.
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- List All
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- The List All function will display all medications in the PsyMed files
- alphabetically. You may then select a particular medication for further
- viewing. The List All gives you the ability to "browse" for a particular
- medication.
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- Other
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- Manufacturers
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- The Manufacturers search is a special function for scanning the various
- medication manufacturers represented in the PsyMed files. With this you
- may view the name/address information of a manufacturer, or scan the PsyMed
- files for all psychotropic medications produced by a selected manufacturer.
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- The Medication Displays
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- Medication Screen
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- After you have selected a particular medication to view, PsyMed will bring
- up a screen showing the Brandname, Genericname, Indications, and Adverse
- Reactions for that medication. Additional information may be viewed via
- "popup" windows by hitting specified function keys:
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- F1 - This will bring up the Dosage information window.
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- F2 - This key will bring up the Visual Identification window.
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- F3 - A window displaying the Manufacturer name/address information will
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- You may have up to 2 "windows" on the screen at one time. (Dosage and one
- other window). To remove a window, simply hit the ENTER key.
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- To exit the medication display, hit the ESC key.
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- Scan Screens
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- All medication searches, except for the brandname search, will display a
- special scan screen. There can be up to 10 selections on a PsyMed scan
- screen. The UP and DOWN arrows are used to select a medication from within
- the screen. If there are more than 10 medications produced from your search,
- you may hit the PAGE DOWN key for the next "page" of information. The PAGE
- UP key will bring up the previous "page" of information. The ESC key exits
- the scan.
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- About Psych Soft Inc.
- and registration
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- At Psych Soft we believe that mental health and medical professionals should
- be able to purchase "affordable" software for their needs. Please support
- the shareware concept and Psych Soft by registering your copy of PsyMed. By
- doing this you will enable us to continue producing inexpensive software for
- your special professional needs.
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- To register your shareware PsyMed product, send a check for 45.00 to:
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- Psych Soft Inc.
- P.O. Box 930716
- Norcross, Ga. 30093
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- When you register, you will receive 2 360K floppies with the latest PsyMed
- program and medication files.
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- Psych Soft will upgrade the PsyMed medications every 6 months. As a
- registered user, you will receive notification of the newer medication
- files by mail. At that time you may choose to purchase the latest files
- by sending in a check for 15.00.
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- Psych Soft Inc.
- P.O. Box 930716
- Norcross, Ga. 30093
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- Please register me for the following copy or copies of the latest PsyMed
- program and medication files:
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- #copies price total
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- 45.00
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