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Systemic isotretinoin in the management of acne – a patient questionnaire survey

South African Family Practice, 2009
Background: The primary aim was to investigate the appropriateness (as outlined in the South African Acne Treatment Guideline 1) for the prescription of systemic isotretinoin in the management and counselling of acne in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole.
Solé Burger, Ilse Truter, Suzette M. Blignault, Danie J.L. Venter   +3 more
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Torsadogenic risk of antipsychotics : combining adverse event reports with drug utilization data across Europe [PDF]

, 2013
Antipsychotics (APs) have been associated with risk of torsade de Pointes (TdP). This has important public health implications. Therefore, (a) we exploited the public FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) to characterize their torsadogenic profile; (
Kalaba, Marija, Barbui, Corrado, Koci, Ariola, Sturkenboom, Miriam, Moretti, Ugo, Godman, Brian, Bennie, Marion, Raschi, Emanuel, Wettermark, Bjorn, Poluzzi, Elisabetta, De Ponti, Fabrizio   +10 more
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Web-based education of the elderly improves drug utilization literacy: A randomized controlled trial

Health Informatics Journal, 2021
The aim of this study was to explore the effects of web-based education in the field of drug utilization on elderly individuals’ knowledge of, concerns about and self-assessed understanding of drug utilization.
Maria Qvarfordt, Victoria Throfast, Göran Petersson, Tora Hammar, Lina Hellström   +4 more
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Assessment of drug utilization pattern of antimicrobial agents in hospitalized patients with Infectious Diseases: A cross-sectional study in the United Arab Emirates

Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research, 2023
Efficacious use of antimicrobial agents (AMAs) is paramount to combat a wide range of infections, ensure patient safety, and reduce antimicrobial resistance.
Ahmad Ismail Abu Nawa, Javedh Shareef, Padma Guru Madhav Rao, Ain Ur Rashid   +3 more
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Prescribing of methylphenidate to children and adolescents in South Africa: A pharmacoepidemiological investigation

South African Family Practice, 2009
Background: Pharmacoepidemiological studies on ADHD are limited in South Africa. The primary aim was to analyse the prescribing of methylphenidate to patients aged 18 years and younger in the private health care sector.
Ilse Truter
doaj   +1 more source

Utilization of psychiatric drugs in Serbia

Vojnosanitetski pregled, 2009
Drug utilization has been defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the „marketing, distribution, prescription and the use of drugs in a society, with a special emphasis on the resulting medical, social, and economic consequences“ . Drug utilization studies are usually aimed at drug use-related problem detection and quantification.
Divac Nevena, Todorović Zoran, Stojanović Radan, Nešić Zorica, Jašović-Gašić Miroslava, Lečić-Toševski Dušica, Jovanović Aleksandar, Prostran Milica   +7 more
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Where did Brazilians get their diabetes drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic? DIABETESvid results

O Mundo da Saúde, 2022
Access to diabetes medications is critical to disease control. However, social distancing in the COVID-19 pandemic may have limited the provision of medicines and supplies.
Rinaldo Eduardo Machado de Oliveira, Laercio Joel Franco, Carla Regina de Souza Teixeira, Bárbara Aparecida Binhardi, Francisco Barbosa Junior, Karla Fabiana Santana de Melo, Bianca de Almeida Pititto   +6 more
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Introduction to drug utilization research [PDF]

, 2003
Prepared by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology, the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Utilization Research and Clinical Pharmacological Services, and the International Working Group for Drug Statistics Methodology48 p.Korean ...
WHO International Working Group for Drug Statistics Methodology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Utilization Research and Clinical Pharmacological Services   +2 more
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Drug utilization study of antiparkinsonian medication in Romania during 25 years [PDF]

Frontiers in Pharmacology
Cristina Mogosan
exaly   +2 more sources

Utilization of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs [PDF]

Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1985
AbstractInformation derived from pharmaceutical marketing databases on the use of 12 nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs in 1983 is presented. Estimates of population exposure, regularity of treatment, average daily dose, age and sex distributions of users, concomitant use of other drugs, associated diagnoses, and trends in use are provided ...
C, Baum, D L, Kennedy, M B, Forbes
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