Anticoagulant Utilization and Cost Analysis among Cardiology Inpatients in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Western Nepal

Table 5

Potential drug-drug interactions (n = 132).

Drug interaction found	Number of cases	Effect
Unfractionated heparin + aspirin (moderate)	44	May potentiate the risk of bleeding
Unfractionated heparin + telmisartan (moderate)	8	May potentiate the risk of hyperkalemia
Enoxaparin + aspirin (major)	6	May potentiate the risk of bleeding complications
Enoxaparin + clopidogrel (major)	5	May potentiate the risk of bleeding
Enoxaparin + telmisartan (moderate)	2	May increase the risk of hyperkalemia