Psychiatric diseases are often treated with several drugs. In addition, the risk of developing somatic comorbidities which may require drug therapy is higher in patients with than in patients without Show more
Psychiatric diseases are often treated with several drugs. In addition, the risk of developing somatic comorbidities which may require drug therapy is higher in patients with than in patients without psychiatric diseases. Further on, the risk of drug-drug interactions (DDI) increases with the number of drugs taken. The aim of this study was to analyze whether already known DDI between psychiatric drugs and somatic medications still occur in everyday clinical practice. Show less
2025 · Dubrall et al. BMC Psychiatry · BioMed Central · added 2026-04-21
Background Psychiatric diseases are often treated with several drugs. In addition, the risk of developing somatic comorbidities which may require drug therapy is higher in patients with than in patien Show more
Background Psychiatric diseases are often treated with several drugs. In addition, the risk of developing somatic comorbidities which may require drug therapy is higher in patients with than in patients without psychiatric diseases. Further on, the risk of drug-drug interactions (DDI) increases with the number of drugs taken. The aim of this study was to analyze whether already known DDI between psychiatric drugs and somatic medications still occur in everyday clinical practice. Methods We analyzed 9,276 spontaneous adverse drug reaction (ADR) reports from Germany contained in the Show less