OBJECTIVE Our objectives were to (1) determine whether a computerized clinical pharmacy approval and follow-up consult process for ordering new prescriptions for gabapentin for the treatment of neuropathic pain decreased the number of patients without documented treatment benefit while increasing follow-up and documentation of effectiveness, and (2) describe gabapentin use patterns at a Veteran...

1Bogdan Micu, 1,2Carmen Micu, 3Liliana Dina, 4Octavian Andercou, 1Nicolae Constantea 1 Vth Surgical Departament, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Muncipal Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 2 Department of Anatomy and Embryology, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 3 Department of Gastroenterology, “Octavian Fodor” Institute o...

1Bogdan Micu, 1,2Carmen Micu, 3Alexandra Gherman, 3Mădălina Sava, 1Tudor R. Pop 1Nicolae Constantea 1 Vth Surgical Departament, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Muncipal Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 2 Department of Anatomy and Embryology, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 3 “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and ...

Parimannan Sivachandran, Rajandas Heera, Pattabhiraman Lalitha, Manickam Ravichandran, Shalini Sivadasan, Kasi Marimuthu Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, Semeling 08100, Bedong, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia Faculty of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice Unit, AIMST University, 8100, Bedong, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia Journal of Coastal Life...

Clinical Pharmacy Department (EA4123), Faculty of Pharmacy, Paris-Sud 11 University, Châtenay-Malabry, France (P.H., C.B., L.B., R.F., M.B.). Pharmacy Department, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (P.H., M.B.). Inserm U773, Paris Diderot University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMRS 773, Paris, France (A.B.). Molecular Pharmacology Fast Forward. Published ...

OBJECTIVE Survey data sets are important sources of data, and their successful exploitation is of key importance for informed policy decision-making. We present how a survey analysis approach initially developed for customer satisfaction research in marketing can be adapted for an introduction of clinical pharmacy services into a hospital. METHODS AND MATERIAL We use a data mining analytical ...

1School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guang Zhou 510006, China 3Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa 4Center for Advanced Drug Research and Evaluation, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA 5Department of Cli...

ROBERT POPOVIAN, PHARM.D., MS., is Senior Medical Liaison, PJizer, Inc. At the time oj this study, he was Bristol-Myers Squibb Fellow, Department oj Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, University oj Southern California School oj Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA; KATHLEEN A. JOHNSON, PHARM.D., PH.D., is Associate proJessor oj Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, University oj Sou...

Problem-based learning has been increasingly used in pharmacy education. Problem-based learning serves to enhance such skills as problem-solving, critical thinking, clinical reasoning and self-directed learning. The present review draws on previous research into PBL in medical education, and elucidates the applications and outcomes of PBL as applied to pharmacy education. Thus, this article ser...