Update on prescribing errors with HAART.
Medication-prescribing errors associated with HAART may lead to treatment failure, development of resistance, or drug toxicity. Reports have described HAART-related medication-prescribing errors; the causes of these errors are often multifactorial and include lack of knowledge about HIV treatments, complexity of regimens, and sound-alike/look-alike names of medications. Clinicians caring for HIV-infected patients should be aware of the potential for prescribing errors associated with HAART and employ strategies to prevent them.
Faragon
John J
JJ
Albany College of Pharmacy, Albany, NY, USA.
Lesar
Timothy S
TS
D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D004347:Drug Interactions; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008509:Medication Systems; D014481:United States