Method and system minimizing drug to food interactions
First Claim
1. A method of reducing the likelihood of drug-to-food interactions, comprising the steps of:
- comparing the ingredient groups in at least one of a food, food group, meal and snack intended for serving to an individual with contraindicated ingredient groups with respect to a drug regimen of the individual; and
providing an output representative of contraindications encountered.
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Abstract
A method for monitoring an individual'"'"'s drug regimen and meal regimen to reduce the likelihood of a drug-to-food interaction. An ingredient group table is constructed that includes ingredient groups which are known to cause an adverse reaction when combined with a particular drug in an individual. Known drugs are linked to contraindicated ingredient groups listed in the ingredient group table to create a drug-ingredient group table, which includes the known drugs and the linked contraindicated ingredient groups. The drug regimen of an individual is determined from a Physicians'"'"' Orders database. The drug-ingredient group table is searched using the individual'"'"'s drug regimen as the search criteria. Matching drugs along with the linked contraindicated ingredient groups are extracted from the drug-ingredient group table and placed in a personalized drug-ingredient group table. A personalized contraindicated ingredient group table is created by extracting the contraindicated ingredient groups of the personalized drug-ingredient group table. Food items from an institutions menu are linked to the ingredient groups of the ingredient group table to create a food-ingredient group table, which includes the food items and the linked ingredient groups. The meal regimen of an individual is determined from dietary software or other means. The food-ingredient group table is searched using the individual'"'"'s meal regimen as the search criteria. Matching food items along with the linked ingredient groups are extracted from the food-ingredient group table and placed in a personalized food-ingredient group table. The ingredient groups linked to each food item of the personalized food-ingredient group table are compared to the personalized contraindicated ingredient group table. If there are one or more matching ingredient groups between the two tables, a contraindication warning is issued. If there are no matching ingredient groups, then the meal may be served to the individual.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of reducing the likelihood of drug-to-food interactions, comprising the steps of:
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comparing the ingredient groups in at least one of a food, food group, meal and snack intended for serving to an individual with contraindicated ingredient groups with respect to a drug regimen of the individual; and
providing an output representative of contraindications encountered. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer system for reducing the likelihood of drug-to-food interactions, comprising:
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a processor;
a computer program executed by the processor to cause the computer to;
compare the ingredient groups in at least one of a food, food group, meal and snack intended for serving to an individual with contraindicated ingredient groups with respect to a drug regimen of the individual; and
provide an output representative of contraindications encountered. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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