Primary Care Information Database News Today

Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a challenging global health problem with increasing prevalence worldwide. Concurrence of CKD and comorbidities results in the use of multiple medications and exposing patients to polypharmacy. Polypharmacy in CKD is common across all the stages of the disease and leads to poor medication adherence, higher healthcare costs, and drug-related problems, such as drug-drug interactions (DDIs) and adverse drug reactions (ADRs). DDIs and ADRs in CKD patients ma...