Abstract

Travelers seen for pretravel health encounters are frequently prescribed new travel-related medications, which may interact with their previously prescribed medications. In a cohort of 76 324 travelers seen at 23 US clinics, we found that 2650 (3.5%) travelers were prescribed travel-related medications with potential for serious drug interactions.

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Title
Potentially Serious Drug Interactions Resulting From the Pretravel Health Encounter
Author
Sbaih, Nadine 1 ; Buss, Brian 2 ; Goyal, Dheeraj 1 ; Rao, Sowmya R 3 ; Benefield, Russell 2 ; Allison Taylor Walker 4 ; Esposito, Douglas H 4 ; Ryan, Edward T 5 ; LaRocque, Regina C 6 ; Leung, Daniel T 7 ; Abraham, George M; Alvarez, Salvador; Ansdell, Vernon; Yates, Johnnie A; Atkins, Elisha H; Birich, Holly K; Vitek, Dagmar; Cahill, John; Chen, Lin; Connor, Bradley A; Dismukes, Roberta; Fairley, Jessica; Kozarsky, Phyllis; Wu, Henry; Dosunmu, Ronke; Goad, Jeffrey A; Mirzaian, Edith; Hess, Karl; Hynes, Noreen A; Jacquerioz, Frederique; McLellan, Susan; Katsolis, Jenn; Kelly, Paul; Knouse, Mark; Lee, Jennifer; Leung, Daniel; Kendall, Brian; Hale, DeVon; Alawode Oladele; Demeke, Hanna; Otuata, Althea; Pasinski, Roger; Wheeler, Amy E; Showler, Adrienne; Coster, Laura; Rosen, Jessica; Schwartz, Brian S; Stauffer, William; Walker, Patricia; Vinetz, Joseph

1  Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 
2  Department of Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Salt Lake City, Utah 
3  MGH Biostatistics Center, Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 
4  Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Travelers’ Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 
5  Travelers’ Advice and Immunization Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 
6  Travelers’ Advice and Immunization Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 
7  Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah; International Travel Clinic, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Nov 2018
Publisher
Oxford University Press
e-ISSN
23288957
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy266
ProQuest document ID
3170976592
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.