(Reuters Health) - Half of all hear

(Reuters Health) - Half of all heart patients made at least one medication-related mistake after leaving the hospital, and guidance from a pharmacist didn't seem to reduce those errors, in a new study.

Consequences of mistakes - such as forgetting to take certain drugs or taking the wrong dose - can range from side effects like constipation to more serious drops in blood pressure. Two percent of errors were life-threatening.

Hospitals involved in the study were already taking steps to prevent medication mistakes in addition to the extra pharmacist intervention, said Dr. Sunil Kripalani, the study's lead author from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

"We were surprised to see that in spite of these efforts that 50 percent (of patients) were still having these medication errors," he told Reuters Health.

Although the pharmacist visits didn't help the average patient, he added, certain ones seemed to benefit - such as patients who were on multiple drugs or had trouble understanding health information.

As for traditionally lower-risk patients, he said other strategies to prevent errors may be needed.

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(Reuters Health) - Setengah dari semua pasien jantung membuat setidaknya satu kesalahan terkait obat setelah meninggalkan rumah sakit, dan bimbingan dari seorang apoteker tampaknya tidak mengurangi kesalahan-kesalahan, dalam sebuah studi baru.

Konsekuensi dari kesalahan - seperti lupa mengambil obat-obatan tertentu atau mengambil dosis yang salah - dapat berkisar dari efek samping seperti sembelit untuk tetes lebih serius dalam tekanan darah. Dua persen dari kesalahan yang mengancam jiwa.

Rumah Sakit yang terlibat dalam penelitian itu sudah mengambil langkah-langkah untuk mencegah kesalahan obat selain intervensi apoteker tambahan, kata Dr Sunil Kripalani, penulis utama studi tersebut dari Medical Center Vanderbilt University di Nashville, Tennessee .

"Kami terkejut melihat bahwa terlepas dari upaya ini bahwa 50 persen (pasien) yang masih mengalami kesalahan pengobatan ini," katanya kepada Reuters Health.

Meskipun kunjungan apoteker tidak membantu pasien rata-rata, ia menambahkan, orang-orang tertentu tampaknya menguntungkan -. seperti pasien yang berada di beberapa obat atau memiliki kesulitan memahami informasi kesehatan

Adapun tradisional pasien berisiko rendah, katanya strategi lain untuk mencegah kesalahan mungkin diperlukan.