Drug therapy problem

Drug therapy problem

Any undesirable event experienced by a patient which involves, or is suspected to involve, drug therapy and that interferes with achieving the desired goals of therapy

Stated to include a description of the patient's condition or problem, the drug therapy involved, and the association between the two

A problem that is categorised in the following way:

inappropriate indication for use

patient needs additional drug therapy

patient is taking unnecessary drug therapy

ineffective drug therapy

patient is taking an ineffective drug product

patient is taking too low of a dosage

unsafe drug therapy

patient is experiencing an adverse drug reaction

patient is taking too high of a dosage

inappropriate compliance

patient is unable or unwilling to take the drug therapy as intended.

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