A Drug-Drug Interaction is a change in the effect of a drug when it is administered with another drug. PECS allows you to view known interactions provided by First Databank (FDB) and create custom Drug-Drug Interaction records that can be used in place of the records received from FDB. These custom interactions can be associated with FDB records, or create new Drug-Drug Interactions not related to an FDB record. Drug-Drug Interactions are always associated with one or more Drug Pairs.
An FDB Drug-Drug Interaction Record
Drug-Drug Interactions are defined in terms of routed generic drugs; PECS allows you to associated the Drug-Drug Interaction with specific Drug Pairs.
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