Table 2 Classification of MRPs

Excessive drug treatment

 No indication of medication

7.73

 Excessive combination therapy

9.39

 No medication required

2.76

Inadequate medication regimen

 Need to start new drugs to treat new diseases or complications

9.94

 Preventive medication therapy is required to reduce the risk of developing a new condition

1.10

 Additional drugs are needed to obtain synergistic or adjunctive therapeutic effects.

2.76

Ineffective medication

 The selected drugs are not the best treatment for patients’ diseases

4.42

Insufficient drug dosage

 Dosage too low

2.76

 Drug interactions weaken the effective drug dosage

1.10

Adverse drug event

 Non-dose-dependent adverse drug reactions

15.47

 Safer drugs need to be chosen because of the risk factors

1.10

 Medication is contraindicated because of risk factors

0.55

Dosage too high

 Single dose too high

2.21

 Duration of medication therapy is too long

1.10

Nonadherence

 Patients do not understand the medication instructions and guide

30.39

 Subjectively unwilling to take medicine

5.52

 Patient forgets to take medication

1.66