Everyday health tools
Medication Database
The Medication Database is a searchable library of medicines used in South Africa. You can search by brand, generic name or what it treats, and open a full guide for each medicine. When you are offline it falls back to a built-in list.
On the app
What you can do
- Search medicines by brand name, generic name or use
- See each medicine's schedule and whether it needs a prescription
- Read how to take it, side effects, pregnancy advice and storage
- Have a medicine guide read aloud to you
Who it is for
For anyone who wants to understand a medicine they have been given.
Where it lives
On the app
Medication Database is on the NuHealth app for iPhone and Android.
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