Drugs accounting for potential problems | Problem categories most frequently related to the drugs | |||||||
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Therapeutic group | n | % | No. 1 problem | n | No. 2 problem | n | No. 3 problem | n |
Note that one single problem may address several prescriptions, and that one single prescription may account for several problems. | ||||||||
ADR=adverse drug reaction; NSAID=non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. | ||||||||
Antipsychotics | 406 | 15.0 | Choice of drug | 208 | Drug-drug interaction | 139 | Risk for ADR | 51 |
ACE inhibitors | 336 | 12.5 | Need for additional drug | 284 | Dosage too low | 31 | Drug-drug interaction | 20 |
Anxiolytics | 270 | 10.0 | Dosage too high | 101 | Risk for ADR | 78 | Drug-drug interaction | 59 |
Antidepressants | 237 | 8.8 | Drug-drug interaction | 98 | Risk for ADR | 76 | Unnecessary drug | 31 |
Loop diuretics | 187 | 6.9 | Choice of drug | 66 | Dosage too low | 52 | Dosage too high | 27 |
Minerals | 128 | 4.7 | Need for additional test | 103 | Dosage too low | 14 | Drug-drug interaction | 9 |
Hypnotics | 123 | 4.6 | Dosage too high | 50 | Risk for ADR | 54 | Unnecessary drug | 20 |
Opioid analgesics | 122 | 4.5 | Risk for ADR | 100 | Drug-drug interaction | 19 | Dosage too low | 2 |
NSAIDs | 105 | 3.9 | Risk for ADR | 62 | Drug-drug interaction | 43 | ||
Antihistamines | 96 | 3.6 | Risk for ADR | 66 | Unnecessary drug | 22 | Wrong drug | 6 |
Sum | 2010 | 74.5 | ||||||
Others | 688 | 25.5 | ||||||
Total | 2698 | 100 |