Potential drug-related problems detected by routine pharmaceutical interventions: safety and economic contributions made by hospital pharmacists in Japan

Table 5 Top 10 drug classes in which adverse drug reactions were avoided by pharmacist intervention

	Drug class	Number of cases
1	Anti-infective^a	388
2	Anticancer agent	292
3	Antiulcer drug^b	180
4	Anticoagulant / Antiplatelet drug	140
5	Cardiovascular agent^c	85
5	Psychoneurotic agent^d	85
7	Antidiabetic agent	60
8	Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug	49
9	Steroidal anti-inflammatory drug	35
10	Laxative agent	26
10	Allergy medication	26

^aAntimicrobials, antimycotics, and antivirotics
^bPotassium-competitive acid blocker, proton pump inhibitor, H₂ receptor antagonist, and other mucosal protectants
^cAntihypertensives, antiarrhythmics, and drugs for coronary heart disease
^dAntidepressants, sleeping pills, antiepileptics, antipsychotics, dementia medication, and central analgesics (except opioids)

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