Open AccessManagement of drug interactions
Author(s) -
Houari Toumi,
F. Boudia,
F.Z.N. Mekaouche,
H. Fetati,
Fatima Zohra Benabed,
Zahia Bouhedadja
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
batna journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2437-0665
DOI - 10.48087/bjmstf.2014.1214
Subject(s) - drug , intervention (counseling) , pharmacovigilance , medicine , relevance (law) , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , drug interaction , psychiatry , political science , law
The risk of drug interactions in patients increases with the increasing number of drugs in the therapeutic regimens. To avoid or reduce them, management of these interactions is imperative. This management is to identify potential drug interactions by using the appropriate resources, to judge the clinical relevance, and to act accordingly with the prescriber. This article discusses the levels of severity of drug interactions and highlights the need for their management by presenting a part of the experience of the department of Pharmacovigilance EHU Oran. The intervention of the pharmacologist turns out beneficial by helping the clinician to manage risk associations in favor of better therapeutic efficacy and minimal side effects.