Incidence and Possible Causes of Prescribing Potentially Hazardous/Contraindicated Drug Combinations in General Practice
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drug Safety
- Vol. 28 (1) , 67-80
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00002018-200528010-00005
Abstract
Background:Preventing the use of medications where there is the potential for serious drug-drug interactions or drug-disease interactions (contraindications) is essential to ensure patient safety....Keywords
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