Interference of medicines in laboratory exams

ABSTRACT Objective: Conduct a survey on the interference of drugs in laboratory tests. Methodology: To identify each medication tests, Municipal List Essential Medicines (Remume) medium-sized municipality state Minas Gerais was used along with following sources information: Dynamed, Micromedex® and Nursing Reference Center. Results: We observed that majority (67.7%) Remume can interfere one or more tests; among them, main classes are diuretics, beta blockers, s-lactams, sulfonamides, macrolides, tricyclic antidepressants selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants. Conclusion: It is extremely important to disseminate knowledge about these interferences so health professionals alert know how possible changes, reducing analytical errors subsequently misdiagnosis erroneous monitoring. Continued education drug tests equally important.