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An overview of clinically significant drug interactions between medications used to treat psychiatric and medical conditions

Author(s) -

Dawn Hoeft

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

mental health clinician

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2168-9709

DOI - 10.9740/mhc.n197904

Subject(s) - polypharmacy , drug , affect (linguistics) , medicine , medical prescription , psychiatry , drug drug interaction , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , psychology , communication

Prescription rates and polypharmacy are increasing, resulting in a greater potential for drug interactions. Psychiatric patients frequently have co-morbid medical conditions, which further increases the risk of polypharmacy and drug interactions. Drug interactions that affect drugs with narrow therapeutic windowsare of particular concern. This review presents some of these drug interactions and provides strategies for identifying and resolving them.

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