Review of publications on drug-related problems investigations in osteoporosis patients

Abstract

A chronic form of osteoporosis (OP) substantiates a long-term pharmacotherapy of patients, which increases the risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) during the therapy. The enhancement of requirements to the quality of safety monitoring carried out in the context of pharmacovigilance and the newly identified safety problems require an improvement of the system of quality control of medicinal products (MPs).The aim of the work was to review the application of a new promising method for monitoring the drug safety – the system of Drug-Related Problems (DRP) in the osteoporosis pharmacotherapy.Materials and methods. The following databases and search engines were used to retrieve scientific papers by Russian and foreign authors: PubMed, elibrary.ru, Google Scholar, CyberLeninka, Russian National Library. The information sources were searched using the following keywords and word combinations: “drug-related problems”, “drug safety”, “osteoporosis” (in Russian and English, respectively), as well as the corresponding MeSH terms.Results. The application of DRP system in the health care of different countries was reviewed, and the risk factors of the problems associated with the use of MPs, the appropriate interventions in case of the detection of high DRP values were investigated. The study of the problems associated with the use of MPs for the treatment of OP during the complex pharmacotherapy made it possible to determine the feasibility of using this method to improve the safety and effectiveness of this kind of treatment in patients.Conclusion. The analysis of emerging DRPs makes it possible to increase patients’ adherence to the treatment and stop the ADRs. This improves the quality of life of patients and increases the effectiveness of pharmacotherapy. The introduction of such a method of the drug safety research into the system of pharmacovigilance of the Russian Federation is an important step in the development of personalized medicine. A further study of problems associated with the use of drugs in OP patients will also help to reduce the risks arising during the combination pharmacotherapy.