Medication Reconciliation Reflection

Medication Reconciliation Reflection

Throughout completing the medication reconciliation, there were a few safety concerns that I pointed out for each drug that my patient was on. Euthyrox and Aspirin, had a drug to drug interaction with beta blockers, which the patient is on two of. These interactions can decrease the antihypertensive effects of the beta blockers. Another huge safety concern for this patient is the increased risk of bleeding that comes with taking aspirin. These safety concerns were not related to the patients age or her ability to understand why she was on the medications. The patient knew why she was on all of the medications that she was taking. This can be important in many situations, especially if they are seeing more than one provider, need to tell someone before a procedure what kind of meds they are on, or if they are buying over the counter products. When it comes to over the counter medications patient teaching is highly important, patients should be able to recognize that they could be taking too much of a substance because it is in multiple over the counter meds. The patient was on two beta blockers for the treatment of high blood pressure, and the patient was able to recognize that she was on them for the same reason. There were no medication interactions that the patient was unaware of.

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