Healthcare professionals and patients should use this application to search for potential drug-drug interactions between anti-HIV drugs and other medications, as recommended by international treatment guidelines. Results are presented as a “Traffic Light” system (red, amber, green) to indicate the recommendation. A brief summary of each interaction is given along with a grading of the quality of evidence (very low, low, moderate, high). The application is available free of charge and has been developed by the Liverpool Drug Interactions Group at the University of Liverpool and Podmedics.

Requirements:
This is an “offline” application that is downloaded to your device (~8.2 MB). An internet connection is not required to use the application, but is needed for downloading updates.

Why this application may be useful:
In HIV therapy, patients take more than one anti-HIV medication at a time and possibly other drugs to treat co-existing conditions. Many of the drug combinations have the potential to interact and this can affect either the patient's safety or the effectiveness of treatment. For this reason some drug combinations should not be given at all, while other drugs may be used together with caution, possibly requiring adjustments to dosage or time of administration. This application is a guide to interactions that may occur between different anti-HIV drugs and other medications that the HIV-infected patient may be prescribed. The application is regularly updated as new data emerge. Full details about the interactions can be found at www.hiv-druginteractions.org.

What’s new in version 2:
- Refreshed styling in line with latest Android guidance.
- Now able to search for drug names as well as scrolling through an A-Z list.
- Side by side drug selection display for tablets.
- Interactions now listed by significance (red, amber then green) rather than alphabetically.

Professionele verskaffers van gesondheidsorg en pasiënte moet hierdie aansoek gebruik om te soek vir potensiële geneesmiddel-dwelm interaksies tussen anti-MIV-middels en ander medikasie, soos aanbeveel deur die internasionale behandeling riglyne. Resultate word aangebied as 'n "Traffic Light" stelsel (rooi, oranje, groen) die aanbeveling aan te dui. 'N Kort opsomming van elke interaksie gegee saam met 'n gradering van die gehalte van getuienis (baie lae, lae, matige, hoog). Die aansoek is gratis beskikbaar en is ontwikkel deur die Liverpool Drug Interactions Groep aan die Universiteit van Liverpool en Podmedics.

Vereistes:
Dit is 'n "regte" program wat afgelaai word na jou toestel (~ 8.2 MB). 'N internet-verbinding is nie nodig om die aansoek te gebruik, maar is nodig vir die aflaai updates.

Waarom hierdie aansoek kan nuttig wees:
In MIV-terapie, pasiënte neem meer as een anti-MIV medikasie op 'n tyd en moontlik ook ander dwelms mede-bestaande toestande te behandel. Baie van die dwelm kombinasies het die potensiaal om in interaksie te tree en dit kan óf die pasiënt se veiligheid of die effektiwiteit van die behandeling beïnvloed. Om hierdie rede sommige dwelms kombinasies moet nie gegee word nie, terwyl ander middels kan saam met omsigtigheid gebruik word, moontlik aanpassings verg om dosis of tyd van administrasie. Hierdie aansoek is 'n gids tot die interaksies wat mag voorkom tussen die verskillende anti-MIV-middels en ander medisyne wat die MIV-besmette pasiënt voorgeskryf word. Die aansoek word gereeld opgedateer as nuwe data na vore. Volledige besonderhede oor die interaksies kan gevind word by www.hiv-druginteractions.org.

Wat is nuut in weergawe 2:
- Vernieuwd stilering in lyn met die nuutste Android leiding.
- Nou kan soek vir dwelms name asook blaai deur 'n AZ lys.
- Langs mekaar dwelm seleksie skerm vir tablette.
- Interaksies nou gelys is deur betekenis (rooi, oranje dan groen) eerder as alfabeties.