Choose a harmless drug combination helps new internet service

On Monday, the Russian Health Ministry said the re-launch of the electronic system "drug interaction." This online project is designed to help physicians select the right drug for their patients.
Thanks to a new online service, doctors will be able to project in advance how to assign them drugs will interact with each other, that will relieve patients from the consequences of receiving incompatible drugs.

The data base system was formed on the basis of authoritative medical reference books and the State Register of medicinal products. Above it worked, scientists from the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, as well as experts in the field of Pharmacology and pharmacopoeia.

This service was created under the concept of a unified information system in health care. According to the director of the department of information technologies and communication Ministry of Health Roman Ivakin, before such projects are developed at the regional level.

The system evaluates the effectiveness of drug interactions Will be closed. Use it will only providers that have passed authentication.
Ivakin says limiting access to the service a prerequisite for his work.

"The knowledge gained can be applied both to the benefit and to the detriment of, and experimentation with drugs are deadly," - commented on the Ministry of Health.

From the position of the ministry, many disagree. "We must inform the citizens. They have their own head on his shoulders, and it is better if the patient is engaged in self-treatment, will be aware of the possible risks, you act blindly. Then the problems in medical diminished, "- said head of the department of Pharmacology of the Faculty of Basic Medicine, Moscow State University Professor Oleg Medvedev.

For reference:
According to statistics announced by the All-Russian Congress of the internet, 90% of Russians at least once ate "salad" of medicines (5 or more drugs).
Leading Russian specialists in internal medicine have noticed that most of the side effects of medicines affect the health of the liver. The frequency of lesions of the body because of the incompatibility of drugs is from 1: 1000 to 1: 100 000 (depending on the age of the person, his immunity, genetics, the number of medications prescribed to him, and so on).

The fact of the topic:
As of March 2012, Russia registered more than 1000 products, the components of which can cause liver damage. (READ MORE)

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