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    An Evaluation of Macrolide Drug-Drug Interactions for Quality in the Literature

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    Author
    Harper, Emily E.
    Jackson, Tara A.
    Affiliation
    College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona
    Issue Date
    2011
    Keywords
    Macrolide Antibiotics
    Drug Interactions
    MeSH Subjects
    Macrolides
    Drug Interactions
    Advisor
    Malone, Daniel C.
    Hines, Lisa E.
    
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    This item is part of the Pharmacy Student Research Projects collection, made available by the College of Pharmacy and the University Libraries at the University of Arizona. For more information about items in this collection, please contact Jennifer Martin, Librarian and Clinical Instructor, Pharmacy Practice and Science, jenmartin@email.arizona.edu.
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    The University of Arizona.
    Abstract
    OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the quality of evidence in the literature substantiating major drug-drug interactions of the macrolide antibiotics azithromycin, clarithromycin, and erythromycin with digoxin, ergot alkaloids, and pimozide. METHODS: In this descriptive retrospective analysis, a list of articles reporting on each drug-drug interaction was compiled from the online databases Medline and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, and the drug compendia Micromedex and Facts & Comparisons. The studies included in this analysis were primary literature reports, written in English, and consisted of human subjects. All studies included were evaluated using a 5-point quality of evidence scale developed in the Netherlands to assess drug-drug interactions (van Roon scale). This scale rates the study type from lowest to highest quality, from zero to four. Case reports were additionally analyzed using the Drug Interaction Probability Scale (DIPS). The DIPS tool uses 10 questions to evaluate the probability that an adverse event is caused by a drug-drug interaction. RESULTS: Thirty-seven studies met the selection criteria. There were 28 studies involving digoxin, two studies involving pimozide and seven studies involving ergot alkaloids. The mean quality of evidence score on the van Roon scale was 2.3 + 0.75, where digoxin studies had a score of 2.3 + 0.74, ergot alkaloids had a score of 1.9 + 0.38 and pimozide only had two studies with evidence scores of 2 and 4. Sixty-two percent of the studies reviewed were case reports. CONCLUSION: The reports substantiating some drug-drug interactions may be of low quality and few in number.
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