Download or read book Drug-Drug Interactions in the Hospital written by Priska Vonbach and published by Sudwestdeutscher Verlag Fur Hochschulschriften AG. This book was released on 2009 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our four studies highlight the importance of potential drug-drug interactions as a contributing factor in drug safety. Thus, this book contains these studies starting with the evaluation of drug interaction screening programs, continuing with the prevalence of drug-drug interactions during hospitalization and the pharmacist intervention study and ending with a case-control study about risk factors for gastrointestinal bleeding. We conclude, that improvements regarding the awareness of potential drug-drug interactions and a strict management should be implemented. Prescribing drugs with a low risk for potential drug-drug interactions as well as careful monitoring for adverse drug reactions are important measures in the prevention of harm associated with potential drug-drug interactions.