Re: [Gnumed-devel] Unable to clearly enough select a combo drug from Add button > Brand by component

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 03:00:54PM +0000, Jim Busser wrote:

> My problem is that, in Canada, the combination which contains
> 
>       hydrochorothiazide 12.5 mg
>       ramipril 10mg
> 
> is called Altace HCT but this same name is used for
> 
>       hydrochorothiazide 12.5 mg
>       ramipril 5mg

That is rather unfortunate. GNUmed only allows storing that
IF the identical names have different external codes.

> however when I input into GNUmed 1.2's "Brand by component" filter the string
> 
>       Altace HCT
> 
> I am offered
> 
>       hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg tablet (Altace Hct)
>       hydrochlorothiazide 25.0mg tablet (Altace Hct)
>       ramipril 10.0mg tablet (Altace Hct)
>       ramipril 5.0mg tablet (Altace Hct)
>       ramipril 2.5mg tablet (Altace Hct)
> 
> and my problem is that selecting the desired lower
> strength of hydrochlorothiazide does not resolve to the
> desired combo, because there are two such combos (one with
> 5mg and one with 10mg) and the desired hydrochlorothiazide
> *happens* to be the one that is linked to the 5mg strength
> of ramipril.

I see.

> This also reminds me that a combo drug 'description'
> (brand name) will not always make clear in GNUmed that the
> drug is a combo drug...

True enough.

> It would be better if a user, when selecting a component,
> could more clearly know whether their selection was part of
> a multi-component drug. Can the phrasewheel know this
> information

Not with the current state of affairs. I'll search for a
solution to this problem.

Karsten
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