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An evaluation of medication appropriateness in pregnant women with coexisting illness in a tertiary care hospital

Perspectives in Clinical Research, 2021
Aim: Prescribing drugs during pregnancy needs careful consideration of benefit to the mother and risk to the fetus. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the appropriateness of medications among pregnant women with coexisting illness in a ...
Htet Wai Moe, Sushil Sharma, A K Sharma
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Current Status of Prospective Drug Utilization Review [PDF]

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, 2004
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 offered the promise that prospective drug utilization review (pDUR) systems would improve the quality of drug prescribing and patient drug use. There is little evidence that this promise has been fulfilled. To the contrary, there is growing evidence that suboptimal use of drugs (in terms of preventable drug-
Thomas R, Fulda, Alan, Lyles, Mark C, Pugh, Dale B, Christensen   +3 more
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Stimulation of glucose utilization in 3T3 adipocytes and rat diaphragm in vitro by the sulphonylureas, glimepiride and glibenclamide, is correlated with modulations of the cAMP regulatory cascade [PDF]

, 1994
The long-term hypoglycemic activity of sulphonylurea drugs has been attributed, in part at least, to the stimulation of glucose utilization in extra-pancreatic tissues. The novel sulphonylurea, glimepiride, gives rise to a longer lasting reduction in the
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New indications for dabigatran: A suggestion from a drug use evaluation study

Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice, 2017
Objective: Dabigatran etexilate is a novel oral anticoagulant with several advantages over warfarin such as no need for routine monitoring and fewer drug interactions. This drug was added to our hospital's formulary in 2012.
Farzaneh Ashrafi, Najmeh Rezaie, Sarah Mousavi   +2 more
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Young Adults: Treatment of Substance Use Disorders as a Priority Component of HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment in Low and Middle Income Countries [PDF]

, 2016
Young adults comprise roughly one-quarter of the global population and are at the developmental stage where personal life goals are formulated and personal independence is obtained.
Kresina TF, Kaplowitz L, Johnson K
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The effect of adherence to statin therapy on cardiovascular mortality : quantification of unmeasured bias using falsification end-points [PDF]

, 2016
Background: To determine the clinical effectiveness of statins on cardiovascular mortality in practice, observational studies are needed. Control for confounding is essential in any observational study. Falsification end-points may be useful to determine
Bijlsma, Maarten J, Hak, Eelko, Janssen, Fanny, Vansteelandt, Stijn   +3 more
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Drug utilization review of celecoxib in Ontario [PDF]

Rheumatology, 2003
Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2-specific inhibitors were developed to circumvent the gastrointestinal toxicity of non-specific non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs while maintaining efficacy. However, the higher acquisition cost of COX-2-specific inhibitors has resulted in the implementation of a programme for cost containment in the Ontario public drug ...
J, LeLorier, C, Fitzsimon, M, Keresteci, D, Stewart, F, Lavoie   +4 more
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Prospective study of irrational prescription of teicoplanin in a large academic hospital: A dilemma of antimicrobial resistance

Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice, 2020
Objective: Teicoplanin is an antibiotic used to treat severe Gram-positive infections, especially those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA).
Masoud Hajialigol, Shadi Farsaei, Kiana Shirani   +2 more
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Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions to Older Patients in Emergency Departments in South Korea: A Retrospective Study

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2021
Kyungim Kim,1,2,* Jinyoung Jung,2,* Haesook Kim,3 Jung Tae Kim,4 Jung Mi Oh,5 Hyunah Kim6,7 1College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong, Republic of Korea; 2Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Korea University, Sejong, Republic of Korea; 3Department ...
Kim K, Jung J, Kim H, Kim JT, Oh JM, Kim H   +5 more
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Drug utilization research: a review

International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 2019
Data from drug utilization research is an invaluable resource for all stake holders involved in drug and health policies. Drug utilization is “marketing, distribution, prescription and use of drugs in a society, with special emphasis on the resulting medical, social and economic consequences”.
Dinesh Kumar Meena, M. Jayanthi
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