Nursing Diagnosis of Drug Incompatibility

Appropriate use of drugs by elderly people

“…Also problems arise if drugs are mixed or removed from their original containers (Lesage et al 1979). …”

“…However, patient compliance may be unsatisfactory. Patients may be reluctant to admit that they are not following the physician's recommendations so feedback to the physician may be based on faulty assumptions (Lesage et al 1979). If non-compliance is undetected the physician may change the patients' drug regimen or question his original diagnosis (Edwards & Pathy 1984).…”

“…Problems may also occur because of incorrect storage, such as lack of refrigeration or exposure to air or sunlight which may cause certain drugs to lose their potency or undergo chemical change. Also problems arise if drugs are mixed or removed from their original containers (Lesage et al 1979).…”