노인환자들의 복약실태와 처방전상의 약물상호작용 검토

Survey on Current Situations of Geriatric Patients' Medication and Drug Interactions Based on Prescriptions

It is common that geriatric patients are on several medications at the same time. With this situation on hand, this study has collected prescriptions of individual geriatric patient and investigated possible drug interactions. In order to minimize the drug interactions and protect those patients from adverse reactions of medication, the gradual implementation and management of the medication history of each individual patient, the establishment of medication counseling system on medicines particularly in need of obligatory advice, the use of an inspection system on drug interactions at the time of prescription, and the implementation of a patient monitoring system on the drugs with narrow margin of safety at hopitals.