ArticleTherapeutics and clinical risk management2015
Reducing drug-herb interaction risk with a computerized reminder system.
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- PharmActa: Empowering Patients to Avoid Clinical Significant Drug⁻Herb Interactions.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Therapeutic Risk and Benefits of Concomitantly Using Herbal Medicines and Conventional Medicines: From the Perspectives of Evidence Based on Randomized Controlled Trials and Clinical Risk Management.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017Review
- Herbal medicine use among patients with chronic diseases.Journal of intercultural ethnopharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTraditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine are both popular in Taiwan. Approximately 14.1% of Taiwanese residents use Western drugs and Chinese herbs concurrently; therefore, drug-herb interaction is critical to patient safety. This paper presents a new procedure for reducing the risk of drug interactions.
methodsHospital computer systems are modified to ensure that drug-herb interactions are automatically detected when a TCM practitioner is writing a prescription. A pop-up reminder appears, warning of interactions, and the practitioner may adjust doses, delete herbs, or leave the prescription unchanged. A pharmacist will receive interaction information through the system and provide health education to the patient.
resultsDuring the 2011-2013 study period, 256 patients received 891 herbal prescriptions with potential drug-herb interactions. Three of the 50 patients who concurrently used ginseng and antidiabetic drugs manifested hypoglycemia (fasting blood sugar level ≤70 mg/dL).
conclusionDrug-herb interactions can cause adverse reactions. A computerized reminder system can enable TCM practitioners to reduce the risk of drug-herb interactions. In addition, health education for patients is crucial in avoiding adverse reaction by the interactions.
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