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Using drug knowledgebase information to distinguish between look-alike-sound-alike drugs.
June 27, 2018
Cheng CM, Salazar A, Amato MG, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018;25(7):872-884.
Look-alike, sound-alike drugs are a known safety risk and contribute to medication errors. In keeping with prior research, this study suggests that drug indication data may be helpful in reducing the risk associated with prescribing look-alike, sound-alike medications.
