Drug Therapy Monitoring in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to detect, prevent and resolve DRP (drug-related problems) and NOM (negative outcomes associated with medication) in hospitalized patients with DM2 (type 2 diabetes) with HTN (hypertension) in a tertiary care clinic. Descriptive cross-sectional interventional study is used. DTM (drug therapy monitoring) was conducted in 73 patients using data obtained from clinical histories and interviews. NOM were detected based on symptoms and laboratory test results. The statistical significance was 0.05. It can be found that 23 DRP were detected, primarily in the category "likelihood of adverse effects" (30.43%) causing NOM in the "non-quantitative safety problem" category. The NOM detected were related to safety (62%), effectiveness (24.5%) and necessity (13.5%). Of the 68.57% of pharmacist interventions accepted, 48.57% were resolved and 20% were not resolved. A simple linear correlation (r = −0.34) analysis indicated a weak association between patient age and severity of NOM. DTM made it possible to detect suspected DRP and NOM, which were then prevented or resolved, improving the control of HTN and DM2 and helping ensure better drug therapy outcomes for patients.