Easy Search: Interactions for a Single Drug

Interactions for a Single Drug allows you to generate a report for all the drug pairs that would be returned in VistA for the selected drug. The report displays FDB and Approved VA custom drug pairs with the specified severity level. FDB drug pairs will display only if there is not an corresponding Approved VA customized drug pair.

 

To perform a Drug Interactions Report Query:

  1. Select "Interactions for a Single Drug " from the Select Search Type drop-down list.
  2. Select Search Type

  3. From the Select Information Type panel, choose the desired Severity Level with the appropriate radio button - Severity Level 1 (contraindicated), Severity Level 2 (severe), or Severity Levels 1 (contraindicated) and 2 (severe).
  4. Select Severity Level

  5. Enter a partial string or whole drug name into the Drug field and click Search. Items that match the search string are displayed in the Search Results box. The drug list displays the drug name, dose, route of delivery, and the drug’s GCN sequence number. Note that if both a dispensable generic drug and dispensable drug are found that have the same GCN sequence number, only the dispensable drug are displayed on the list. Select an entry from the list.
  6. Search for Drug

  7. Click the Generate Report button. The report generates in Excel. It contains the FDB and VA custom drug pairs whose severity level matches the selected severity level and contain a routed generic drug that corresponds to the selected generic dispensable drug or dispensable drug.
  8. ES: Interactions for a Single Drug Report Example

Report Details

Field Description
Source Source of the record; either VA or FDB
Routed Generic #1 A generic drug name, e.g. "Rifampin Oral"
Routed Generic #2 A generic drug name, e.g. "Rifampin Oral"
Severity Level Code The severity of the interaction.
Interaction Description A brief description of the interaction.
Interaction ID A numerical identifier assigned to the interaction.
Corresponding FDB Interaction ID VA records only: the interaction as described by First DataBank. If there is no corresponding interaction, this field will contain '0'.
Action Date The date and time of the most recent update to the record.