Drug-drug interactions: how scared should we be?

There are 2 concerns in drug safety: adverse reactions and adverse interactions. When multiple drug therapies are prescribed, drug-drug interactions (more correctly, drug-protein-drug interactions) become an important consideration for patients and physicians. Because specific diagnostic codes for

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