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43 Two studies reported medication classes cited in claims which included steroid preparations, antibiotics, anticoagulants, antidepressants and antipsychotics.
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In other studies, the most commonly cited medication classes associated with ADEs were analgesics/opioids followed by antibiotics [ 7, 41].
Consistent with ADR reports from the NPC, 17 we identified antibiotics, antiretroviral agents and antimalarials as the three most frequently cited medication classes in survey-described ADRs.
The most frequently mentioned medication classes associated with 182 survey-described ADRs in the past 4 weeks that cited one or more drugs (216 drug citations) were antibiotics (38%, 83/216), antiretroviral agents (23%, 49/216), antimalarials (15%, 33/216, 15 of which implicated quinine), analgaesics (9%, 19/216) and others (15%, 32/216).
The study did not identify specific medications but rather medication classes, or types.
Of the three medication classes, over-the-counter medications were used most frequently.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients' perceived necessity for and concerns about heart medication were independently associated with adherence to 3 medication classes.
Use of specific medication classes ranged considerably.
Antihypertensive drugs: all antihypertensive medication classes included.
This medication class was also the most commonly used medication classes among all study participants.
All individual medication names were sorted using existing medication sub-classes classification from the ODB database, after which medication sub-classes were grouped into specific medication classes.
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