Drug test warning

Warning About Shortcuts in Drug Development

T hroughout history, cures and symptomatic treatments have been touted based on extrapolations from poorly understood measures and theories. At best, this has been attributed to na€ıve believers advocating for proposed therapies without awareness of the accompanying uncertainties and risks. At worst, “snake-oil salesmen” have promoted therapies to unsuspecting audiences with full knowledge of t...

The Drug Abuse Warning Network: a statistical perspective.

Early warning indicators for HIV drug resistance in Malawi.

BACKGROUND Malawi started rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2004 and by December 2006 had initiated over 85,000 patients on treatment. Early warning indicator (EWI) reports can help to minimize the risk of emerging drug resistance. METHODS Data collected during the routine quarterly supervision of 103 public sector sites was used to compile the first EWI report for HIV drug re...

Effects of Shared Electronic Health Record Systems on Drug-Drug Interaction and Duplication Warning Detection

Shared electronic health records (EHRs) systems can offer a complete medication overview of the prescriptions of different health care providers. We use health claims data of more than 1 million Austrians in 2006 and 2007 with 27 million prescriptions to estimate the effect of shared EHR systems on drug-drug interaction (DDI) and duplication warnings detection and prevention. The Austria Codex ...

The Conundrum of Online Prescription Drug Promotion; Comment on “Trouble Spots in Online Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Promotion: A Content Analysis of FDA Warning Letters”

This commentary discusses pertinent issues from Hyosun Kim’s paper on online prescription drug promotion. The study is well-designed and the findings highlight some of the consequences of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) decision to deregulate online advertising of prescription drugs. While Kim’s findings confirm some of the early concerns, they also provide a perspective of implement...