Dangerous doses. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Dangerous doses. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Newspaper/Magazine Article
 
• Published February 2016

Dangerous doses.

Roe S, King K. Chicago Tribune. February 10–13, 2016.

Drug interactions can be hazardous to patients, particularly when combined with risk factors such as age and use of medications for chronic conditions. This series of news reports discusses the problem of drug interactions, including one patient's experience of severe harm and researchers' use of data mining to identify medication pairs linked to high-risk interactions. The series also includes a list of steps patients can take to reduce risk of harmful interactionsbetween medicines they take.

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