Role of Pharmacist in Reducing the Rate of Drug Interactions; An Experience from North of Iran
Background and purpose: Drug interactions are one of the serious subsets of medication errors and occur when the effects or toxicity of one drug are affected by another.
Shahram Ala+2 more
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Datapoints: psychotropic drug prescriptions by medical specialty.
1167 T important role of general practitioners in prescribing antidepressant medications and treating depression has been documented. However, the extent to which general practitioners are prescribing other types of psychotropic medications has received ...
T. Mark, K. Levit, J. Buck
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Evidence and Extrapolation: Mechanisms for Regulating Off-Label Uses of Drugs and Devices [PDF]
A recurring, foundational issue for evidence-based regulation is deciding whether to extend governmental approval from an existing use with sufficient current evidence of safety and efficacy to a novel use for which such evidence is currently lacking ...
Abbott, Ryan, Ayres, Ian
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As many patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) have chronic pain, understanding how to best assess and manage pain in IA is a priority. Comorbid depression is prevalent in adults with IA, affecting 15% to 39% of people. Although pain and depression are thought to be associated in IA, this concept is largely based on cross‐sectional data.
Natasha Cox+3 more
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Increasing Skin Infections and Staphylococcus aureus Complications in Children, England, 1997-2006 [PDF]
During 1997-2006, general practitioner consultations for skin conditions for children
Alan P. Johnson+17 more
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Metabolic Consequences of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may have metabolic disruption, which can contribute to adverse long‐term outcomes, for multiple reasons. Patients with RA appear to have a higher risk of sarcopenia, type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, and hypertension. Systemic inflammation in RA can cause a “lipid paradox,” with reduced low‐
Stevie Barry+2 more
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Prescribing pattern and Drug indicators in Patients Visited by General Practitioners and Specialists in Ardabil City of Iran [PDF]
Drug is an important and strategic commodity and a basic need of the people in all countries. The aim of this study is to determine the drug use patterns and descriptive analysis of prescriptions of doctors in Ardabil city of Iran.
امانی, فیروز+2 more
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Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the risk of hepatotoxicity associated with the use of febuxostat and benzbromarone in patients with gout. Methods New users of febuxostat or benzbromarone with monitoring of liver function at least three times in a year after initiation of the study drugs were identified from an ...
Wenyan Sun+8 more
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Background: Off-label and contraindicated prescription drug use can result in adverse health outcomes. Despite concerns, the extent and characteristics of such usage patterns remain underexplored in the American population. We conducted a cross-sectional
Katharina E. Blankart+1 more
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Implications of the problem orientated medical record (POMR) for research using electronic GP databases: a comparison of the Doctors Independent Network Database (DIN) and the General Practice Research Database (GPRD). [PDF]
Background The General Practice Research Database (GPRD) and Doctor's Independent Network Database (DIN), are large electronic primary care databases compiled in the UK during the 1990s.
David P Strachan+15 more
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