The assessment of drug interactions and safety of administration with regard to special population groups by a developed computer program

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that occurs due to a deficit in the secretion of insulin, or due to inadequate insulin action. Taking into consideration that diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease, thus it is unavoidable that a large number of diabetics, aside from their diabetes medicine, will be using other medication, which can cause interactions between the two types of drugs when they are combined. The aim of this project is to create a computer program which will aid a pharmacist during the process of dispensing diabetes medication, enabling him to check possible drug interactions and the safety of using certain types of drugs when drug pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics may be altered. Using C# and the MVC pattern, a program was developed which allows the examination of interactions between different drugs. By choosing the drugs of interest, the designed computer program is able to recognize if the given drug combination is safe, dangerous, or if it requires caution during administration. The program is also able to evaluate if the given diabetes medication is safe to use in special populations where drug pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics are altered. The application provides information that is easily and instantly available which can have a significant impact whilst working in pharmacy where the pharmacist needs to quickly make a decision regarding the safety of administration of a certain drug.