Prevalence of potentially hazardous drug interactions amongst Australian veterans

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 252-257

  Roughead, Elizabeth E ^a   Kalisch, Lisa M ^a   Barratt, John D ^a   Gilbert, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

drug interactions; drug utilization; prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; AMILORIDE; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GEMFIBROZIL; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMIPRAMINE; ITRACONAZOLE; LITHIUM; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIMOZIDE; POTASSIUM SALT; PRAVASTATIN; QUINIDINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; THIORIDAZINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CYCLOSPORINS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; VETERANS;

EID: 77954488664     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03694.x     Document Type: Article

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