Open AccessA comparison of five common drug–drug interaction software programs regarding accuracy and comprehensiveness
Author(s) -
Raziyeh Kheshti,
Mohammadsadegh Aalipour,
Soha Namazi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of research in pharmacy practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2319-9644
pISSN - 2279-042X
DOI - 10.4103/2279-042x.192461
Subject(s) - medicine , drug , pharmacist , medical prescription , medline , medical physics , bioinformatics , pharmacy , pharmacology , family medicine , political science , law , biology
Drug-drug interactions (DDIs) can cause failure in treatment and adverse events. DDIs screening software is an important tool to aid clinicians in the detection and management of DDIs. However, clinicians should be aware of the advantages and limitations of these programs. We compared the ability of five common DDI programs to detect clinically important DDIs.