Use of methylphenidate and risk for valvular heart disease: A case-control study nested in the BIFAP cohort.

abstract：PURPOSE:The Dietary Supplements Information Expert Committee (DSI-EC; the Committee) of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) reviews safety profiles of dietary supplements before development of USP-National Formulary (USP-NF) quality monographs. Because the veracity of dietary supplement adverse event repor...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Gardiner P,Sarma DN,Low Dog T,Barrett ML,Chavez ML,Ko R,Mahady GB,Marles RJ,Pellicore LS,Giancaspro GI

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Quantitative benefit-risk (B-R) assessments are used to characterize treatment by combining key benefits and risks into a single metric but have historically been done for the "average" patient. Our aim was to conduct an individualized assessment for the oral antiplatelet vorapaxar by combining trial and real-w...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Pinto CA,Tervonen T,Marsh K,Lambrelli D,Schultze A,Tershakovec A,Hyacinthe J,Prawitz T,Hammad TA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Estimating drug effectiveness and safety among older adults in population-based studies using administrative health care claims can be hampered by unmeasured confounding as a result of frailty. A claims-based algorithm that identifies patients likely to be dependent, a proxy for frailty, may improve confounding...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Faurot KR,Jonsson Funk M,Pate V,Brookhart MA,Patrick A,Hanson LC,Castillo WC,Stürmer T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To define periods of acceptable mortality reporting in primary care and to demonstrate through examples the implication for research using automated medical data. METHODS:Annual death counts were obtained for each primary care practice participating in The Health Improvement Network "THIN" (UK). Expected count...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Maguire A,Blak BT,Thompson M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Following safety concerns regarding trimetazidine, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended restrictions on its use. Our objective was to determine the impact of regulatory actions on trimetazidine utilization in Portugal. METHODS:Retrospective interrupted time-series analysis of monthly ambulatory phar...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Pinto D,Silva A,Heleno B,Rodrigues DS,Santos I,Caetano PA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Little is known about the effects of drug-drug interactions between valacyclovir and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). In this study, we analysed the adverse event 'acute kidney injury (AKI)' resulting from a possible interaction between loxoprofen (a non-selective NSAID) and valacyclovir in repor...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Yue Z,Shi J,Jiang P,Sun H

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose - The objective of this study was an evaluation of the sensitivity of findings of the relationship between oral corticosteroid use and the risk of fracture. We found in earlier work that the risk of fracture was significantly higher during oral corticosteroid treatment, with increases of 61% in hip and 160% in...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Van Staa TP,Abenhaim L,Cooper C,Zhang B,Leufkens HG

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although a series of serious adverse events have continually raised concerns about the potential toxicity of traditional Chinese medicine injections (TCM injections), studies on this subject are still sparse. We conducted a descriptive analysis of a spontaneous reporting system in China to describe the safety p...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Li H,Deng J,Deng L,Ren X,Xia J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to describe the infrastructure of the total joint replacement registry of a large integrated healthcare system's and emphasize challenges associated with orthopedic device classification and evaluation. METHODS:Using a large integrated healthcare system innovative infrastructure in...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Paxton EW,Ake CF,Inacio MC,Khatod M,Marinac-Dabic D,Sedrakyan A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Medicaid programs are concerned about inappropriate, potentially hazardous, and costly off-label use of second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs). Several states are exploring policies aimed at managing low-dose quetiapine, commonly prescribed for off-label conditions. This study aimed to characterize longitudina...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hartung DM,Zerzan J,Yamashita T,Tong S,Morden NE,Libby AM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Non-adherence is considered a major barrier to better outcomes of diabetes care. A relationship has been established between polypharmacy and patients' adherence. This study aims to investigate the occurrence of polypharmacy and non-adherence in general practice, their mutual relationship and the as...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： van Bruggen R,Gorter K,Stolk RP,Zuithoff P,Klungel OH,Rutten GE

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:The number of patients receiving amiodarone will increase in future years. As clinically significant hepatotoxicity associated with oral amiodarone is infrequent and difficult to predict, a new Bayesian-developed model is proposed to help in the causality assessment of amiodarone-induced liver injury. M...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Llanos L,Moreu R,Peiró AM,Pascual S,Francés R,Such J,Horga JF,Pérez-Mateo M,Zapater P

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies (EUROCAT) is a network of population-based congenital anomaly registries in Europe surveying more than 1 million births per year, or 25% of the births in the European Union. This paper describes the potential of the EUROCAT collaboration for pharmacoepidemiology ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Meijer WM,Cornel MC,Dolk H,de Walle HE,Armstrong NC,de Jong-van den Berg LT,EUROCAT Working Group.

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the utility of electronic health records from a routine care setting in assessing comparative effectiveness of fourth-line anti-hypertensive drugs to treat resistant hypertension. METHODS:We conducted a cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink: a repository of electronic health rec...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Sinnott SJ,Smeeth L,Williamson E,Perel P,Nitsch D,Tomlinson LA,Douglas IJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Administration of pegylated interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) and ribavirin in adults with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is a recommended therapeutic standard. Nevertheless, this therapeutic regimen rises numerous controversies. The aim of this study was to analyze adverse effects during the treatment with pegylated IFN...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Kowala-Piaskowska A,Mozer-Lisewska I,Figlerowicz M,Słuzewski W

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Discontinuing low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) therapy after upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) may increase the risk of cardiovascular-related death. Our aim was to compare mortality in UK primary care patients who discontinue ASA after UGIB with that in patients who continue therapy. METHODS:ASA users...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： González-Pérez A,Sáez ME,Johansson S,Nagy P,García Rodríguez LA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To validate the recorded diagnoses of colorectal cancer (CRC) and identify false negatives in The Health Improvement Network (THIN) primary care database. METHODS:We conducted a validation study of incident CRC cases in THIN among patients aged 40-89 years from 2000-2011. CRC Read code entries (N = 3805) were ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Cea Soriano L,Soriano-Gabarró M,García Rodríguez LA

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the pattern of prescribing of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in general practice, related to the primary clinical diagnosis and concomitant medication. DESIGN:A descriptive survey of general practitioners' prescribing habits, presumptive diagnosis and patient demography over a period o...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Connolly JP,Silke B,McGavock H,Wilson-Davies K

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The role of administrative databases for research on drug safety during pregnancy can be limited by their inaccurate assessment of the timing of exposure, as the gestational age at birth is typically unavailable. Therefore, we sought to develop and validate algorithms to estimate the gestational age at birth us...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Margulis AV,Setoguchi S,Mittleman MA,Glynn RJ,Dormuth CR,Hernández-Díaz S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of the consumption of benzodiazepines at age 40-42 years on prescription of opioids later in life. METHODS:A cohort of 6707 men and 6683 women aged 40-42 years reported no use of analgesics in health surveys in 1985-1989. This cohort was linked to the Norwegian prescription database (Nor...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Skurtveit S,Furu K,Bramness JG,Tverdal A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to describe incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of warfarin-associated major bleeding (WAMB) in Thai patients. METHOD:A nested case-control study was conducted in a cohort of adult patients receiving ≥6 months of warfarin therapy who were prospectively followed up at a tertiary care hospital...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Priksri W,Rattanavipanon W,Saejear W,Tanyasaensook K,Phrommintikul A,Chulavatnatol S,Nathisuwan S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1978, a systematic collection of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) was set up in a hospital including several departments and continued for more than 18 years. Quarterly meetings were organized gathering clinicians, students, nurses and pharmacologists to discuss the clinical cases collected each quarter. Approximately...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Zenut M,Fialip J,Lavarenne J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:PCORnet, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, represents an innovative system for the conduct of observational and pragmatic studies. We describe the identification and validation of a retrospective cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) from four PCORnet sites. METHODS:We adapted e...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Wiese AD,Roumie CL,Buse JB,Guzman H,Bradford R,Zalimeni E,Knoepp P,Morris HL,Donahoo WT,Fanous N,Epstein BF,Katalenich BL,Ayala SG,Cook MM,Worley KJ,Bachmann KN,Grijalva CG,Rothman RL,Chakkalakal RJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A recent regulatory warning and case reports have described the development of muscle complications with the use of 5-α reductase inhibitors (5ARIs). We wished to determine if there was a link between rhabdomyolysis and 5ARI usage. METHODS:We used a matched cohort design and linked administrative data from the...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Welk B,McArthur E,Ordon M,Dirk J,Dixon S,Garg AX

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aims of the present study were to evaluate the use of drugs with anticholinergic properties in elderly patients and to identify risk factors that increase the patient's chance of being given such medications. METHODS:The study was performed on a sample of 1636 patients aged ≥65 years hospitalised during th...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Wawruch M,Macugova A,Kostkova L,Luha J,Dukat A,Murin J,Drobna V,Wilton L,Kuzelova M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the impact of 2 policy changes on quetiapine dispensing in Australia: removal of prior authorisation for prescribing (policy 1: July 2007) and removal of repeat prescriptions for 25-mg quetiapine (policy 2: January 2014). METHODS:We performed an interrupted time series analysis using Pharmaceutical...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Brett J,Schaffer A,Dobbins T,Buckley NA,Pearson SA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Computerized hospital databases are used for clinical and economic research. In France, the hospital administrative database, Programme de médicalisation des systèmes d'information (PMSI), could be an interesting means for identifying cases of abuse and dependence in hospitals. PURPOSE:To assess the capabil...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Daveluy A,Miremont-Salamé G,Kostrzewa A,Couret A,Lacoin L,Lecomte C,Moore N,Gilleron V,Haramburu F

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper addresses strategies for selecting variables for adjustment in non-experimental comparative effectiveness research and uses causal graphs to illustrate the causal network that relates treatment to outcome. Variables in the causal network take on multiple structural forms. Adjustment for a common cause pathw...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Sauer BC,Brookhart MA,Roy J,VanderWeele T

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine and compare the quality of drug prescribing for older patients in nursing homes and home nursing services. METHODS:Cross-sectional study comprising 11,254 patients aged ≥ 65 years in nursing homes (n = 2986) and home nursing services (n = 8268). Potentially inappropriate medications were identified ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Halvorsen KH,Granas AG,Engeland A,Ruths S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is a life-threatening disease associated with mortality rates that are two to three times higher than those expected/observed in the general population. It is associated with high levels of suicide, particularly in young male patients soon after diagnosis. Delays in treating schizophrenia could contribut...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Auquier P,Lançon C,Rouillon F,Lader M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00