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. 2018 Oct 22;5(11):ofy266.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy266. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Potentially Serious Drug Interactions Resulting From the Pretravel Health Encounter

Nadine Sbaih  1 , Brian Buss  2 , Dheeraj Goyal  1 , Sowmya R Rao  3 , Russell Benefield  2 , Allison Taylor Walker  4 , Douglas H Esposito  4 , Edward T Ryan  5   6   7 , Regina C LaRocque  5   6 , Daniel T Leung  1   8 ; Global TravEpiNet Consortium
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Potentially Serious Drug Interactions Resulting From the Pretravel Health Encounter

Nadine Sbaih et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

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.

Keywords: drug interactions; pretravel health care; travel medicine.

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