Open AccessMedication Alert Cards to Minimise Antidepressant Drug Interactions
Author(s) -
Alderman Christopher P
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the australian journal of hospital pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0310-6810
DOI - 10.1002/jppr1998284259
Subject(s) - nefazodone , antidepressant , drug , antidepressant medication , medicine , pharmacology , serotonin reuptake inhibitor , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , serotonin , fluoxetine , anxiety , receptor
Some of the newer antidepressants, such as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and nefazodone, are associated with potentiaily serious drug interactions. Some medication alert cards were developed to decrease the likelihood that patients treated with antidepressant agents wiii be adversely affected by drug interactions.