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Tucson, AZ, April 3, 2025 – AZCERT today unveiled a critically important update to its CredibleMeds® mobile app, a revolutionary tool designed to help healthcare providers and patients navigate the complex world of medication safety. This comprehensive mobile application provides unprecedented access to vital information about medications that can potentially cause dangerous heart rhythm complications.
The updated app offers users a powerful resource for identifying drugs that pose a risk of QT prolongation and torsades de pointes (TdP), a potentially life-threatening heart arrhythmia. By providing an easy-to-navigate platform, the app serves healthcare providers, patients, and researchers with critical medication safety information at their fingertips.
The app now features three comprehensive access plans, each designed to meet the specific needs of different user groups:
- Basic Plan (Free):
Accessible to everyone, this plan provides essential drug safety information. Users can quickly access AZCERT's comprehensive QTdrugs List directly from their mobile devices, offering an immediate overview of medication risks.
- Standard Plan:
Designed for patients with long QT syndrome, their families, and healthcare providers, this plan offers advanced search capabilities. Users can:
- Search the QTdrugs List by generic or brand drug names
- View detailed QT/TdP Risk Categories
- Print the Drugs to Avoid List as a PDF
- Explore primary medical uses for each drug
- Investigate alternative therapeutic options with lower risk profiles
- Pro Plan:
Tailored for advanced healthcare professionals and clinical researchers, this comprehensive plan provides:
- All features of Basic and Standard plans
- Extensive drug information database
- Comprehensive updates from AZCERT
- Real-time alerts when the QTdrugs List is revised
The tiered subscription model supports AZCERT's ongoing research and development, enabling the organization to continue providing unbiased, critical medication safety information to the global healthcare community.
Available now for both iOS and Android devices, and offered in five languages, the CredibleMeds mobile app represents a significant advancement in medication safety technology. The app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Dr. Raymond Woosley, founder and President of AZCERT, emphasized the app's transformative potential: "In today's complex healthcare landscape, innovative technologies are crucial. The CredibleMeds app doesn't just provide data—it empowers both healthcare providers and patients to make informed, potentially life-saving medication decisions."
For more information about the CredibleMeds mobile app and AZCERT's medication safety initiatives, please visit www.crediblemeds.org.
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Kissy Black
AZCERT
kblack@azcert.org
615.310.1894
Roxan Triolo Olivas
Lotos Nile
roxan@lotosnile.com
520.954.1634