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Test Your Knowledge on Drug Interaction

This Quiz has 10 questions.

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Which of the following are the types of drug interaction?

Drug Interaction Quiz Responses

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Test Your Knowledge on Drug Interaction

A drug interaction occurs when a drug interacts with another drug, food or supplement or when it is taken while you have certain medical conditions. It is estimated that 3-26% of all adverse drug reactions may require hospitalisation due to drug-drug interactions (DDI) .

Poly-pharmacy is becoming very prevent especially among the elderly. For poly-pharmacy the number of drugs ranges from 5 to 10. The combined medications may result in undesired pharmacodynamic or pharmacokinetic interactions, leading to under-treatment or harmful effects.

In developing countries one study showed that the most common drugs that potentially contribute to DDI were ciprofloxacin, theophylline, warfarin, aminophylline, alprazolam, levothyroxine and selegiline.


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