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Drug interactions: A study and evaluation of their incidence in Victoria
Author(s) -
Paulet Nigef,
Bury Peter C.,
Needleman Manuel,
Raymond Kenneth
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132165.x
Subject(s) - drug , medical prescription , incidence (geometry) , medicine , computer science , pharmacology , optics , physics
This study attempted to quantify the incidence of drug interactions in general practice prescribing in Victoria. We used a computer program to search 428 prescriptions and associated medication records for possible interactions. We made 2445 drug/drug comparisons; the computer program generated 37 possible interaction alerts, none of which warranted a change in therapy. This type of computer program, unless extremely sophisticated, can only serve as a primary alert; a health professional should then check the validity of interactions it identifies.