Evaluation of Drug Interactions with Medications Prescribed to Ambulatory Patients with Metabolic Syndrome in Urban Area

Khan, Kayamkani Abedulla; AlKatsha, Ali Mohamed; Sarhan, Mohammed Abdulghani; Abuhamar, Fawaz Mashaan; Abdulrzaq, Rawaf; Khan, Aejaz Abdullatif; Iqubal, S. M. Shakeel; Maqbul, Muazzam Sheriff

doi:10.5185/amlett.2020.031487

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“…21 We noticed in our study only 27.4 percent of drugs were prescribed in generic name but the other study conducted in Saudi Arabia reported 94 percent of outpatient computerized prescriptions were prescribed in generic name 17 and in other study was reported 54.2 percent of the drugs were in generic name. 22 We found an average of 4.35 drugs per prescription were prescribed, similar results were reported in the previous studies, 22,23 but in other study conducted in the primary health units reported 2.3 drugs per prescriptions, 24 whereas world health organization recommend 1.6 to 1.8 drugs per prescription. 25 Our data presents twenty four percent interactions were minor drug-drug interactions in other study conducted in Saudi Arabia reported fifteen percent were minor interactions 17 and in another study was reported as nearly eighteen percent were minor drug interactions.…”

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“…25 Our data presents twenty four percent interactions were minor drug-drug interactions in other study conducted in Saudi Arabia reported fifteen percent were minor interactions 17 and in another study was reported as nearly eighteen percent were minor drug interactions. 23 we found in this study an eight percent of prescriptions were identified with moderate interactions and other study conducted in Saudi Arabia reported 4.5 percent were moderate interactions, 17 in contrast with other study which reported seventy eight percent 23 and two percent prescriptions were observed with serious drug-drug interactions in our study and the other study conducted in Saudi Arabia reported only one percent were with serious drug interactions 17 and the another study reported with around four percent were serious drug interaction. 23,24 All around the globe the medication errors are the most common problem in all healthcare systems these results in increase health costs, patient injury and liability claims.…”

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“…23 we found in this study an eight percent of prescriptions were identified with moderate interactions and other study conducted in Saudi Arabia reported 4.5 percent were moderate interactions, 17 in contrast with other study which reported seventy eight percent 23 and two percent prescriptions were observed with serious drug-drug interactions in our study and the other study conducted in Saudi Arabia reported only one percent were with serious drug interactions 17 and the another study reported with around four percent were serious drug interaction. 23,24 All around the globe the medication errors are the most common problem in all healthcare systems these results in increase health costs, patient injury and liability claims. To avoid the occurrence of these errors all health care professionals have a responsibility in ensuring safety of patient, removing risk parameters and implementing new strategies.…”

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A Study of Prescribing Errors in a Private Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia

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A Study of Prescribing Errors in a Private Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia

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“…This study revealed that 73% of participants aware of medications/supplements may cause an adverse drug reaction as compared to other studies it shown only 15% of participants are aware. [13,14] We found in our study approximately 67% of participants said that due to minor health issues is the reason to take the self-medications, whereas Sankdia et al [15] study exhibits 71% of the participants gave the similar response. [15,16] This study shows the majority of participants know about the doses of the self-prescribed Maximum participants around 86% answered that they consult a pharmacist before buying any medications from the pharmacy, in other study also found similar results.…”

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2020

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Introduction: Self-medication is defined as the individuals who used to treat self-recognized symptoms or illnesses using and selecting traditional, herbal medicine products. Self-medication permits the consumer or patient to take an active role. However, it is not a completely safe health character, particularly in the irresponsible or unreliable practice cases. Incorrect self-diagnosis, adverse reactions, masking of severe disease, incorrect dosage, and incorrect choice of therapy, drug interactions, dependence, and abuse are the potential risks of self-medication. Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of self-medication in urban population and to identify any factors contributing to self-medication in relation to assess the attitude, perception, and knowledge of consumers toward self-medication. Materials and Methods: Our study was a cross-sectional survey which was conducted over 12 weeks from the month February to May in Jeddah city, K.S.A. Self-administered, validated questionnaire was used to collect the data and questionnaire was designed by reviewing the available research literature. It was designed in the English and Arabic language. Results: A total of 1036 peoples participated in the survey. Most responders were female (59.26%) and the males were 40.73%, the participants were predominantly in the age group of 25-40 years which were 38.41%. About 94.11% of participants are answered in Arabic and 5.88% were answered in English language. The most common medications consumed without prescriptions were painkillers (93.05%). The reasons for self-medications were health problems which were not serious (67.18%). Conclusion: In the study of rational drug use, assessment of self-medication is most important element. The observation of this research should form the basis for future interventional plans to increase benefits and decrease risks. In Saudi Arabia, community pharmacies have the potential to make a great impact in ensuring medicines which are properly utilized.

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“…[12][13][14][15][16] Most of the medication flaws (11%-89%) were prevented only by pharmacists' interventions. [17][18][19][20][21] The present investigation features the substantial role of the pharmacist in the interception of medication flaws or committed by health practitioners while writing e-prescriptions.…”

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Introduction: A medication incident is any avertable event that may lead or cause to improper medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health-care professional, consumer, or patient. Professional practice, procedure, drug products, and systems may be related to medicated incidents. Objective: The main purpose of this study is to investigate these incidents such as types of prescribing errors, evaluate the occurrence of drug-drug interactions, and assess the rationality of e-prescription orders of outpatient. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted between September 2019 and December 2019, to report the causes, frequency, and types of errors associated with outpatient computer-generated prescriptions, and to develop a framework to categorize these errors to determine which strategies have immense potential for preventing them. Three hundred thirty-nine patient's prescriptions were included in the study over a period of 12 weeks and the data were collected from the outpatient pharmacy of different hospitals. Results and Discussion: It is observed that as an average, six drugs per prescription were prescribed. We observed 29 prescriptions are containing incomplete patient information that is 8.6% of prescriptions. We observed the majority of prescriptions were contain more than five drugs that are found in 159 prescriptions; around 47% of prescriptions are having more than five drugs. The current investigation focuses on the crucial character of the pharmacist in the prevention of medication errors or committed by physicians while ordering the e-prescriptions.

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Evaluation of Drug Interactions with Medications Prescribed to Ambulatory Patients with Metabolic Syndrome in Urban Area

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A Study of Prescribing Errors in a Private Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia

A Study of Prescribing Errors in a Private Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia

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