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Evaluation of Potential Drug-Drug Interactions with Antidepressants in Two Tertiary Care Hospitals

Rafi MS 1 , Naqvi SB 2 , Khan MU 3 , Fayyaz M 4 , Ashraf N 4 , Khan MA 4 Show all authors , Ahmad A 3 , Dhingra S 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy Services, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center , Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • 2 Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University , Karachi, Pakistan
  • 3 Lecturer, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSI University , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Student, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi , Karachi, Pakistan
  • 5 Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Champ Fleurs , Trinidad and Tobago
J Clin Diagn Res, 2015 Jul;9(7):FC05-8.
PMID: 26393139 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/13437.6207

Abstract

Limited resources of healthcare system and high use of antidepressants have raised some serious concerns regarding proper surveillance system of prescribed medicines. Not much literature is available from Pakistan regarding the potential drug-drug interactions (pDDIs) associated with antidepressants.

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