About 750 doctors have received letters urging them to pay more attention to how drugs react with other medications.
Social insurance agency Kera is urging doctors to pay more attention to how the medicines they prescribe interact with other drugs.
The agency said it sent prescribing feedback this summer to doctors who prescribed multiple drugs that increase the risk of bleeding.
Around 750 doctors are set to be reprimanded for prescribing at least three drugs at the same time that increase the risk of bleeding.
Khera said in some cases, doctors may not have been up to date on patients’ overall medication regimens.
Terhi KurkoA senior research scientist at Kela, he said doctors likely don’t always know all the medications their patients are taking.
According to Kulko, information systems are one reason for this.
Doctors don’t always check a patient’s entire medication regimen when renewing prescriptions, which could be one reason why some patients end up taking three medications at once, increasing their risk of bleeding.
Kulko said if there isn’t enough time to discuss drug interactions during a doctor’s visit, it’s best to raise the issue at the pharmacy.
“It’s really important that people have their own personalized medication list and keep track of all their medications in one place,” Kulko said.
She also noted that when treatment requires certain medications, it’s not always possible to avoid drug interactions.
However, from 2026 Kanta prescription list This makes it easier for Finnish doctors to monitor drug interactions: the database is an up-to-date electronic summary of an individual’s medications, making doctors less likely to prescribe medicines with harmful interactions.
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