<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Articles><Article><id>104</id><JournalTitle>EVALUATION OF DRUG - DRUG INTERACTIONS IN TERTIARY CARE MULTI-SPECIALITY TEACHING HOSPITAL</JournalTitle><Abstract>Drug-Drug Interactions are the interactions between two or more drugs it may be a pharmacological or a
clinical response. There are many of drug-drug interactions found now-a-days in many prescriptions. These are to be
minimized so as to prevent from adverse effects, further complications which sometimes lead to serious ill effects or
sometimes even lead to death. The observational study was performed in a tertiary care multi specialty hospital to
assess drug - drug interactions which are classified into major, moderate and minor. Major and moderate interactions
were observed in some of the prescriptions. These types of interactions mainly lead to serious complications
whereas minor interactions can be neglected as they do not cause any serious ill effects. The prescriptions of few
patients were reviewed daily and assessed for drug - drug interactions in various departments of the hospital and
assessed age wise, gender wise, and department wise. According to age groups, elder aged people prescriptions
were found with more drug-drug interactions than middle aged people prescriptions. According to gender wise,
male patient prescriptions had more interactions when compared to female patient prescriptions. According to
department wise, Cardiology, General department, Nephrology cases had more drug-drug interactions than when
compared to other departments. The study concludes that, the better patient care can be obtained by regular
reviewing of the prescriptions.</Abstract><Email>jagapharmd2013@gmail.com</Email><articletype>casereport</articletype><volume>7</volume><issue>1</issue><year>2017</year><keyword>Drug-Drug Interactions,Multi-specialty hospital,Prescriptions,Life threatening effects,Improve quality of patient life</keyword><AUTHORS>Srujana Srithasri C,Jagadeeshan Moorthy,Amani Ch</AUTHORS><afflication>Department of Pharm D, Bharat Institute of Technology, Mangalpally, Ibrahimpatnam (M), R.R.(Dist.), Telangana, India-501510.,Department of Pharmacy Practice, SRM College of Pharmacy, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India-603 203,Department of Pharm D, Bharat Institute of Technology, Mangalpally, Ibrahimpatnam (M), R.R.(Dist.), Telangana, India-501510.</afflication></Article></Articles>