High impact information on Pharmacoepidemiology

• Pharmacoepidemiology of niacin [1].
• The adverse effect profile and efficacy of divalproex sodium compared with valproic acid: a pharmacoepidemiology study [2].
• Do some inhibitors of COX-2 increase the risk of thromboembolic events?: Linking pharmacology with pharmacoepidemiology [3].
• Association between ACE inhibitors use and headache caused by nitrates among hypertensive patients: results from the Italian group of pharmacoepidemiology in the elderly (GIFA) [4].
• Short course in pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacovigilance at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine [5].

Associations of Pharmacoepidemiology with chemical compounds

• Effect of age on response to zafirlukast in patients with asthma in the Accolate Clinical Experience and Pharmacoepidemiology Trial (ACCEPT) [6].
• Pharmacoepidemiology: barriers and bridges. Tribute to Irene Guggenmoos-Holzmann [7].
• METHOD: Using the population-based pharmacoepidemiology prescription database of North Jutland County, Denmark, we identified nearly 50,000 persons receiving prescriptions for paracetamol from 1989 to 1995 and evaluated mortality through 1996 [8].
• Pharmacoepidemiology of ciprofloxacin: analysis of use patterns and cost impact [9].
• METHODS: We explored the association between use of calcium antagonists and incident increases in serum creatinine in 780 elderly patients with baseline creatinine levels <1.2 mg/dL (106.19 micromol/L), who were enrolled in a multicenter pharmacoepidemiology study, and who started using ACE inhibitors during their hospital stay [10].

Gene context of Pharmacoepidemiology

• The role of pharmacoepidemiology in pharmacovigilance: a conference at the 6th ESOP Meeting, Budapest, 28 September 1998 [11].
• Pharmacoepidemiology of psychotropic drugs in patients with severe mental disorders in Italy. Italian Collaborative Study Group on the Outcome of Severe Mental Disorders [12].
• METHODS: Bibliographic searches were performed using the following databases: Medline (1966-99), IPA (1970-99) and SCI (1990-99), using the term 'pharmacoepidemiology'. On the basis of these searches, the number of original articles per year and per journal title were noted [13].
• These two journals are the leaders in pharmacoepidemiology and drug utilization research, having impact factors (IFs) in 2002/2003 above (1.955/1.972 for EJCP) and a bit below (1.092/1.257 for PDS) the middle of the ranking of publications, according to the IF, in the "Pharmacology and Pharmacy" list of the Science Citation Index (SCI) [14].
• The pharmacoepidemiology of COPD: recent advances and methodological discussion [15].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Pharmacoepidemiology

• To date, the MedCap (Medication Capture) system has been used successfully in 3 different ways in 2 major longitudinal studies of elderly people in Australia, and offers a possible solution to the practical difficulties of field pharmacoepidemiology [16].

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