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Data mining for potential adverse drug–drug interactions

Hammann, Felix, Drewe, Juergen·2014·Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Patients, in particular elderly ones, frequently receive more than one drug at a time. With each drug added to a regime, the number of potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs) increases by a power law. Early prediction of relevant interactions by computerized tools greatly aids clinicians and can guide their prescribing choices. AREAS COVERED: In this article, we discuss different types of DDIs, on which levels they can arise and what efforts have been made in the past to detect and predict them. The emphasis is on data mining technology and network analysis, but overlaps with traditional pharmacovigilance are also discussed. Finally, we discuss strategies to focus and simplify mining efforts to get meaningful results with less effort. EXPERT OPINION: The necessary technology for detecting adverse DDIs exists and is quite refined, although it is more often implied in lower risk scenarios (such as syntactic analysis in web searches and online libraries). Data mining for DDIs, on the other hand, still requires a great deal of human intervention, not only to validate the results but also, more importantly, to separate the relevant from the spurious. The fields of network analysis and graph theory show great promise but have not yet shown much beyond descriptive analyses.

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  • Awareness of drug interaction effects is a difficult and growing issue, particularly in geriatrics.

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Authors
Hammann, F., & Drewe, J.
Affiliations
University Hospital of Basel (CH)
Venue
Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology
Published
2014-03-04
Volume
10
Issue
5
Pages
665-671
ISSN
  • 1742-5255 (ISSN-L)
  • 1744-7607
OpenAlex
W2007921205
Cited by
19
References
34
Citations by year
2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 1
FWCI
0.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Toxicology › Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
Keywords
drug-drug interactions, adverse drug interactions, data mining, network analysis, graph theory, pharmacovigilance, polypharmacy, elderly patients, interaction prediction, syntactic analysis
MeSH terms
Drug Interactions, Geriatrics, Humans, Models, Biological, Pharmacology, Clinical, Data Mining, Pharmacovigilance

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