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Prevention of adverse drug interactions.
Author(s) -
Howie JG,
Jeffers TA,
Millar HR,
Petrie JC
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
british journal of clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.216
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1365-2125
pISSN - 0306-5251
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1977.tb00794.x
Subject(s) - drug , medicine , medical prescription , adverse effect , drug interaction , intensive care medicine , warning system , pharmacology , drug reaction , medical emergency , emergency medicine , computer science , telecommunications
1 The awareness and recognition of adverse interactions between drugs by prescribers is low. 2 A 6‐month prospective study on patients on long‐term outpatient anticoagulant therapy in the Grampian area has been carried out to evaluate a simple and cheap warning system. 3 The practitioners of patients in the test group were issued with warning labels which showed drugs known to interact. A reduction in the initiation of prescriptions for potentially interacting drugs was shown between the test and control groups (no warning labels). 4 The 140 practitioners who completed the study found the system to be convenient and useful. Extension to other high‐risk drugs with the potential to interact with other drugs is planned. This system has the advantage of being drug and patient‐orientated whereas lists of drug interactions or drug discs require more conscious effort by the prescriber.