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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Med.
Sec. Healthcare Professions Education
Volume 12 - 2025 |
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1446695
This article is part of the Research Topic Opportunities and Challenges of Interprofessional Collaboration and Education - Volume II View all 9 articles
Interprofessional Approach to Personalized Medication Management and Therapy Optimization in IBD Care
Provisionally accepted- University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
A considerable number of patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are required to manage extensive polypharmaceutical regimes, which significantly elevates the risk of drug-drug interactions. Also, the disease's impact often leads to the consumption of additional self-medication by the patients such as naturopathic remedies to alleviate diseaseinduced suffering and nutritional supplements to compensate for malabsorption syndromes inherent to the condition. There is a well-established consensus that polymedication coupled with unregulated supplementary intake can jeopardize the safety of drug therapy. Despite this, pharmaceutical co-supervision-proven to mitigate adverse drug events and enhance patient adherence to treatment-is generally lacking in routine clinical settings. Furthermore, the assessment of individual therapy adherence, a crucial predictive factor for therapeutic outcomes, is frequently suboptimal.In response to these issues, this study implemented an interdisciplinary approach wherein a team comprising medical and pharmaceutical professionals conducted a comprehensive survey coupled with a medication review for patients attending an IBD outpatient clinic. Employing an IBD-specific questionnaire alongside the patients' documented medication regimens enabled the identification and subsequent discussion of current therapeutic concerns and potential medication-related risks during follow-up consultations. This intervention aimed to bolster individual patient satisfaction and enhance medication safety, ultimately fostering sustained success in IBD management.
Keywords: IBD - inflammatory bowel disease, Patient Safety, Clinical pharmaceutical care, interprofessional collaboration, medication management
Received: 10 Jun 2024; Accepted: 15 Jan 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Fleischmann, Binder, Huss, Elger, Wolf, Loibl, Tews, Kandulski, Schmid, Mueller-Schilling and Kratzer. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Daniel Fleischmann, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Benedicta Binder, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Muriel Huss, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Claudia Wolf, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Martina Mueller-Schilling, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Alexander Kratzer, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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