There has been a marked increase in community concerns of the risk of food induced anaphylaxis in children and a consequent increase in the provision of the self or carer injectable epinephrine (EpiPen) (CSL Ltd, Parkville, Victoria, Australia)). The Australian use of EpiPens in children under 10 years has increased by 300% over 5 years with a crude rate of EpiPen provision of 1 per 544 Austral...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the extent and how cough mixtures are prescribed, and what conditions or specific groups of people would contribute to its prescription in Hong Kong. METHODS Using diagnosis and drug data obtained from logbooks submitted by participants in the diploma in family medicine course between 1999 and 2003, we selected and analysed all patients with a diagnosis of cough or c...

Pain management is facing continued undertreatment of pain despite a growing problem with prescription opioid abuse. This has created a tension among prescribers and feelings of helplessness with regards to what constitutes appropriate practice. This article provides a review of pain management efforts and focuses on two key areas of potential interest. First, the emergence of prescreening tool...

OBJECTIVES The study aimed to review the prescribing knowledge of first-year postgraduate doctors in a medical college in India, using the principles of good prescribing, to suggest strategies to improve rational prescribing, and to recommend what curriculum planners can do to accomplish this objective. METHODS Fifty first-year postgraduate doctors were asked to fill in a structured questionn...

BACKGROUND Australian General Practitioners (GPs) are generous prescribers of antibiotics, prompting concerns including increasing antimicrobial resistance in the community. Recent data show that GPs in vocational training have prescribing patterns comparable with the high prescribing rate of their established GP supervisors. Evidence-based guidelines consistently advise that antibiotics are no...

the aim of the present study was to provide a clear picture of the prescribing pattern of corticosteroids in zanjan, iran. a retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted to describe the pattern of corticosteroids prescription at beheshti pharmacy (zanjan, iran) over a period of six months between march 21 and september 22 of 2013. descriptive analyses were stratified by gender, age, typ...

OBJECTIVE To study the characteristics of off-label prescribing and adverse drug reaction (ADR) occurrence in a sample of pediatric outpatients treated by general practitioners. METHODS A survey on pediatric drug prescribing was implemented in 46 general practices in southwestern France. All consecutive patients aged 0 to 16 years were included. Patient characteristics, reasons for consultati...

conclusions the sophistication of electronic prescription and integration with ehr will become a reality, if all its stakeholders collaborate in developing fast and secure electronic prescription systems. it is plausible that the required infrastructure should be provided for implementation of the national integrated electronic prescription systems in countries without the system. given the bar...

BACKGROUND The increase in antimicrobial-resistant infections has led to significant morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. The impact of antimicrobial resistance is greatest on low-income countries, which face the double burden of fewer antibiotic choices and higher rates of infectious diseases. Currently, Guyana has no national policy on rational prescribing. This study aims to character...

The aim of the present study was to provide a clear picture of the prescribing pattern of corticosteroids in Zanjan, Iran. A retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted to describe the pattern of corticosteroids prescription at Beheshti pharmacy (Zanjan, Iran) over a period of six months between March 21 and September 22 of 2013. Descriptive analyses were stratified by gender, age, typ...