| Drug Therapy Problem (n) | Most Common Medication Recommendation (n) |
|---|---|
| Needs additional therapy (118) | Vaccine (62) |
| HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (31) | |
| Blood pressure–lowering agent (6) | |
| Antidiabetic agent (4) | |
| Unnecessary drug (31) | ER niacin or ezetimibe not needed (10) |
| Triglyceride lowering not needed (7) | |
| Wrong dose (24) | Blood pressure drug dose too high/low (17) |
| Diabetes drug dose too high/low (3) | |
| Cost (13) | Brand switched to different generic (8) |
| Potentially inappropriate drug (10) | Unsafe in patient ≥65 years old (10) |
| Duplicate therapy (7) | Aspirin/clopidogrel when not indicated (2) |
| Laboratory test needed (6) | Vitamin D (2) |
| Wrong drug (5) | Five different drugs identified (5) |
| Adverse drug reaction (4) | Four different reactions identified (4) |
| Drug interaction (4) | Simvastatin interaction (4) |
| Other (1) | Nonadherence (1) |
ER, extended release.