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Trends in gabapentinoid prescribing: A nationwide Danish drug utilization study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Pregabalin and gabapentin are increasingly used for pain and other conditions. Concerns exist about overuse as well as potential misuse and abuse. To guide rational prescribing practices, we provide detailed nationwide data on the use of gabapentinoids in Denmark.
Anton Pottegård, Lotte Rasmussen, Morten Olesen, Anne Mette Skov Sørensen, Zandra Nymand Ennis, Joseph Kane, Sarah Baxter, Blánaid Hicks   +7 more
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Emergency Department Pain Management Following Implementation of a Geriatric Hip Fracture Program [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Over 300,000 patients in the United States sustain low-trauma fragility hip fractures annually. Multidisciplinary geriatric fracture programs (GFP) including early, multimodal pain management reduce morbidity and mortality. Our overall goal
Casey, Scott D, Hirsch, Calvin H, Mumma, Bryn E, Slee, Christina, Stevenson, Dane E, Tyler, Katren, Wolinsky, Philip R   +6 more
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Developing the Inpatient Mental Health Pharmaceutical Assessment and Care Tool (IMPACT) for use by UK mental health pharmacy teams—a modified Delphi study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims To develop an evidence‐ and consensus‐based patient prioritization tool for use by UK mental health inpatient pharmacy teams. Methods A modified‐Delphi technique was used to obtain experts' agreement on the content, design and practical use of the patient prioritization tool.
Fatima Q. Alshaikhmubarak, Richard N. Keers, Petra Brown, Penny J. Lewis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of international classification of diseases codes to identify hospital admissions linked with adverse drug events: Validation study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Several methods exist to identify hospital admissions related to adverse drug events (ADEs). Clinical adjudication by healthcare professionals is the gold standard but is labour‐intensive. Spontaneous reporting and routinely collected healthcare data using a set of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes often underestimate the ...
Zuzana Juhásová, Fatma Karapinar‐Çarkit, Daniala L. Weir   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opioid Utilization and Management in the Setting of Stewardship During Inpatient Rehab Care

Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety, 2022
Laura Murphy,1– 3 Kori Leblanc,1,2,4 Souzi Badr,1,2 Emily Ching,1 Lynda Mao,1,2 Naomi Steenhof,1,2 Bassem Hamandi,1,2,4 Bonita Rubin,1,2 Ada Seto,1 Andrea D Furlan3,5,6 1Department of Pharmacy, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Leslie Dan ...
Murphy L, Leblanc K, Badr S, Ching E, Mao L, Steenhof N, Hamandi B, Rubin B, Seto A, Furlan AD   +9 more
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A Prospective Evaluation of Opioid Utilization After Upper-Extremity Surgical Procedures: Identifying Consumption Patterns and Determining Prescribing Guidelines. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Although adequate management of postoperative pain with oral analgesics is an important aspect of surgical procedures, inadvertent overprescribing can lead to excess availability of opioids in the community for potential diversion.
Abboudi, Jack, Ilyas, Asif M, Jones, Christopher M., Kim, Nayoung, Kirkpatrick, William, Leinberry, Charles, Liss, Frederic, Lutsky, Kevin F F., Maltenfort, Mitchell, Matzon, Jonas L., Wang, Mark L.   +10 more
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Neuroleukemiosis Masquerading as Drug Toxicity in an Adolescent With Refractory AML

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
Nia Choi, Deborah Schady, Tim Lotze, Jill Ann Jarrell, Alexandra Rodriguez‐Hernandez, Sandra Aziz, Karen K. Moeller, Joanna S. Yi, Suzanne Woodbury, Andrea N. Marcogliese, Zoann E. Dreyer, Eric S. Schafer   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution of Addictovigilance data to assess adverse‐events linked to psychoactive substances in children and adolescents

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims We sought to characterize adverse events and deaths associated with the use of psychoactive substances in children and adolescents. Methods Two French Addictovigilance databases were analysed: spontaneous reports and deaths over the period 2016–2021, in subjects aged 10–<18 years. An unsupervised classification was implemented on consumption data (
Hélène Peyrière, Anne Batisse, Nathalie Fouilhé Sam‐Laï, Amélie Daveluy, Christine Fournier‐Choma, Sylvie Deheul, Cécile Chevalier, Clémence Lacroix, Valérie Gibaja, Aurélie Aquizerate, Stéphanie Pain, Emilie Jouanjus, Marie‐Christine Picot, Erika Nogue   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

An inevitable wave of prescription drug monitoring programs in the context of prescription opioids: pros, cons and tensions [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: In an effort to control non-medical use and/or medical abuse of prescription drugs, particularly prescription opioids, electronic prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) have been introduced in North-American countries, Australia and ...
Islam, M. Mofizul, McRae, Ian S.
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Prescription drug use in breastfeeding mothers and infant exposure: A register‐based cohort study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Breast milk is the optimal infant nutrition; however, many infants may be exposed to prescription drugs if used by their mothers during breastfeeding. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and patterns of prescription drug use among breastfeeding mothers and to assess the availability of relative infant dose information for
Ditte Resendal Gotfredsen, Ida M. Heerfordt, Christoffer Storm Baden, Henrik Horwitz, Christina Gade, Jon Trærup Andersen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source