Abstract
During 2012, one Swedish national goal for better health for elderly was to decrease drug-drug interactions. We performed an intervention, where the physicians in primary health care were alerted to which of their patients had a drug-drug interaction. The physicians received a letter with patient information and recommendations on how to act. They were requested to review if the interactions still were present and consider changing the medication. They were also asked to answer a questionnaire. The four interactions studied were: potassium-amiloride, warfarin-aspirin, warfarin-NSAIDs and clopidogrel-omeprazole. Less than half of the drug-drug interactions were intentional. More than half had appeared during the last year, although the drug prescription systems warn of the interactions. Two months after sending 261 interaction alert letters to the physicians 110 (42%) of the prescriptions were changed. However, during the same period 44 new interactions appeared.
Original language | Swedish |
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Pages | 1-3 |
Volume | 110 |
Specialist publication | Lakartidningen |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |