A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON THE ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL DRUG-DRUG INTERACTIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF POST-COMPLICATIONS IN STROKE PATIENTS AT A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL

MAHE NAAZ SULTANA; SABA YOUNUS QURESHI; IQRA FATIMA; WAJIDA JABEEN; MOHAMMED OBAID

doi:10.22159/ijpps.2021v13i11.42527

Authors

MAHE NAAZ SULTANA Department of Pharmacy Practice, MESCO College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad 500006, Telangana, India
SABA YOUNUS QURESHI Department of Pharmacy Practice, MESCO College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad 500006, Telangana, India
IQRA FATIMA Department of Pharmacy Practice, MESCO College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad 500006, Telangana, India
WAJIDA JABEEN Department of Pharmacy Practice, MESCO College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad 500006, Telangana, India
MOHAMMED OBAID Department of Pharmacy Practice, MESCO College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad 500006, Telangana, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ijpps.2021v13i11.42527

Keywords:

Stroke, Potential drug-drug interactions, Interaction severity, Micromedex, Post-complications

Abstract

Objective: The objective of the study is to determine the occurrence, frequency, and severity of significant drug-drug interactions in stroke patients, with an emphasis on post complications and their symptomatic management.

Methods: A prospective observational study was carried out for 6 mo at Osmania General Hospital, a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital. The prescriptions taken by stroke patients throughout their hospital stay were analyzed for possible interactions using-Micromedex-2 (Thomson Reuters) × 2.0.

Results: A total of 130 prescriptions was analyzed in the study in which 141 drug-drug interactions were found with a male predominance of 85.4%. The majority of interactions were of moderate severity (74.46%) and pharmacokinetics (67.37%) in nature. Among the clinical consequences, decreased atorvastatin efficacy (49.10%) was found to be the highest. The class of drugs most commonly involved in drug-drug interactions was found to be anti-epileptics and statins. 60.15% of the study population were identified with one complication, among which seizures account for 15% of patients. All the complications allied with the condition were treated with drug classes in the study population.

Conclusion: This study highlighted the exigency for screening prescriptions of cerebrovascular accident patients for potential drug-drug interactions (pDDIs). Brain edema and seizure were the most accountable complications identified in the study population. The early detection of these problems can improve stroke outcomes and can reduce the mortality or disability rate.

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