background: direct thrombin inhibitors and factor xa inhibitors are gaining popularity as alternatives to warfarin for patients requiring anticoagulation. toxicity due to these medications is difficult to manage because overdose experience is very limited and there is no clear guidance on when or whether to use antidote in this setting. case presentation: a 50-year-old man with normal renal fun...

OBJECTIVES To describe Aggregate Demand Index (ADI) trends from 1999-2010; to compare ADI time trends to concurrent data for US unemployment levels, US entry-level pharmacy graduates, and US retail prescription growth rate; and to determine which variables were significant predictors of ADI. METHODS Annual ADI data (dependent variable) were analyzed against annual unemployment rates, annual n...

The clinical evidence is accumulating since 2015 that anti-diabetic sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have the beneficial effect of cardiovascular and, recently, renal protection. Although it not well analyzed how transfer this new into daily practice has expedited, we hypothesize recent usage drugs positively associated with several certified cardiologists in each region.

medication errors and adverse drug events can bring about hospitalization, permanent injury, or death. patients due to lack of adequate understanding of instruction may unintentionally misuse a prescribed medicine. the aims of the study were to examine whether patients with low back pain were correctly able to understand physician's instructions regarding drug use and also to identify influenci...

implementation of electronic prescribing system can overcome many problems of the paper prescribing system, and provide numerous opportunities of more effective and advantageous prescribing. successful implementation of such a system requires complete and deep understanding of work content, human force, and workflow of paper prescribing. the current study was designed in order to model the curr...

BACKGROUND There are concerns about the frequency and appropriateness of psychostimulant drug prescription to children. In order to identify unusual or unexpected patterns of use or prescribing, we reviewed prescription of methylphenidate (Ritalin) to children and adolescents aged 19 years or less in British Columbia between 1990 and 1996. METHODS We obtained information about patients, physi...

conclusions our results suggested that the prevalence of prescription drugs, alcohol and illicit substance use was relatively low, though still significant, among iranian students, which was strongly associated with family and friends’ use. the findings of this research can be used for planning and evaluating interventions by considering the risk factors and protective factors in universities. ...

background and aim: giving improper prescriptions is common among medical practitioners, mostly graduates, in most communities even developed countries. so far, to our knowledge, no study has been conducted on prescription writing of graduate midwifery students. therefore, this study aimed to detect prescription writing errors of midwifery students in common gynecological problems. methods: in ...

one hundred and fifteen prescriptions which were purposely written in toxic and potentially fatal dose of different medicine (mainly digitoxin) were sent to pharmacies throughout iran. all pharmacies filled up the prescription and only one pharmacist made notice of dangerous dose. the pharmacist in the drugstores in iran is forcefully employed by the owner of the pharmacy which is required by l...