CHATGPT should not be used to get accurate information about drugs according to two studies that were presented at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2023 Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition held in early Dec last year.
In a study by Long Island University assessing the ability of ChatGPT to provide accurate and complete responses to questions about drug information, it found that only 10 out of 39 questions were answered satisfactorily.
In the eight instances it listed references, investigators discovered the references did not exist.
"In this study, ChatGPT was unable to provide an accurate and complete response to most questions presented to a drug information service," the authors of the study reported.
"Healthcare professionals and consumers should be cautious of using ChatGPT to obtain medication-related information."
Medical University in Japan conducted a cross-sectional, observational study to compare drug information on side effects from ChatGPT with Lexicomp.
The results showed that 26 of the 30 responses from ChatGPT were inaccurate, two were partly accurate, and two were accurate.
"While ChatGPT produced some common side effects that matched Lexicomp's information, the majority of responses were inaccurate," the authors said. DF
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