The pharmacist must also monitor for potential drug interactions, adverse drug reactions, and assess patient drug allergies while designing and initiating a drug therapy plan.
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It is not a true drug allergy, because allergies are type I hypersensitivity reactions, but repeated exposure to the offending agent can result in an anaphylactic reaction.
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Major side effects of tinzaparin are osteoporosis ( occurring in up to 1 % of cases ), thrombocytopenia ( heparin-induced thrombocytopenia ), haemorrhage, hair loss and drug allergy.
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Over the past 12 years, dozens of medical specialists have informed her that she has the flu, drug allergies, mononucleosis, Epstein-Barr virus, a gallbladder problem and even food poisoning.
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The study found the most common mistakes were ones of omission : medically important information not translated or incorrectly translated, including medical histories, drug allergies and dosages for medicines.
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The plastic card has built in processing and data storage capabilities that will capture vital statistics about a serviceman besides other useful information such as drug allergies or vacation times.
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He said the system saved more than $ 5 million each year by preventing expensive errors like drug allergy reactions and by steering doctors to order cost-effective drugs and tests.
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Such information may have included next of kin, organ donor status or drug allergies and also, according to Joe Hockey the former responsible government minister, shopping lists and perhaps MP3s.
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It is important that the prescriber and pharmacist are in specific agreement about exactly what is being prescribed, so as to minimize the potential for drug interaction and the possibility of drug allergy.
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Some of the factors in deciding whether to use chemotherapy as malaria pre-exposure prophylaxis include the specific itinerary, length of trip, cost of drug, previous adverse reactions to antimalarials, drug allergies, and current medical history.
