What is Rasilez used for?

Rasilez is used to treat essential hypertension (high blood pressure) in adults. ‘Essential’ means that the hypertension has no obvious cause.

What are the side effects of Tekturna?

Common side effects of Tekturna include:

• upset stomach,
• heartburn,
• diarrhea,
• lightheadedness,
• cough,
• itching or skin rash,
• headache,
• dizziness,

Can aliskiren be taken with Losartan?

Using aliskiren together with losartan may increase the risk of serious side effects such as kidney problems, low blood pressure, and high potassium levels in the blood.

What are the most common side effects of Rasilez?

The most common side effects with Rasilez (seen in between 1 and 10 patients in 100) are dizziness, diarrhoea, arthralgia (joint pain) and hyperkalaemia (high blood potassium levels). For the full list of all side effects reported with Rasilez, see the package leaflet.

What are the most common types of medication errors?

Results showed that 49% of errors occurred in the drug ordering stage (i.e. prescribing), 11% in transcription, 14% in dispensing and 26% in administration. The most frequent types of errors in the drug prescribing stage were wrong dose, wrong frequency, wrong choice and known allergy ( Bates et al, 1995; Leape et al, 1995 ).

How can technology help reduce drug dosing errors?

Technology such as smart pumps and bar code-assisted medication administration (BCMA) can help to decrease drug-dosing errors when used appropriately. Nurses using BCMA scan the patient wristband and medication codes before administering medications.

What happens if a medication error is made?

If the patient is fortunate, a medication error will have little to no effect on their wellbeing. But if the patient is less fortunate, a medication error can lead to significant harm, even death. As the data shows, this happens much more than it should.