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1. Diabetes-Drugs-Utilization Research (pdf file)
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   March 01, 2011 - Utilization of antidiabetic drugs among Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, 2006-2009 Diabetes Treatment … Several types of insulin and other injectable drugs such as amylin analogs and glucagon-like peptide … Drugs Aging 2009;26(Suppl 1):53-62. 3. Abbatecola AM, Maggi S, Paolisso G. … Drugs Aging 2008;25(11):913-25. 4. Feil D, Weinreb J, Sultzer D. … Utilization of antidiabetic drugs among Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, 2006-2009.

2. Hypertension-Drugs-Utilization Research (pdf file)
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   January 25, 2011 - Further, it examines costs of antihypertensive drugs. … In 2009, the total drug cost for antihypertensive drugs was $4.3 bil- lion. … Identification of Antihypertensive Drugs and Classes: Oral prescriptions of anti- hypertensive drugs … Table 2: Antihypertensive drugs examined in this brief Drug Class Drugs Angiotensin-converting enzyme … Use of antihypertensive drugs by Medicare enrollees: does type of drug coverage matter?

3. Cancer-Drugs-Utilization Research (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2011 - Drug Information, DrugPoints, Clinical Pharmacology, DRUGDEX, National Comprehensive Cancer Network Drugs

4. Club Drugs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   Description Club drugs are group of psychoactive drugs. … These drugs are often abused by young adults at all-night dance parties, dance clubs, and bars. … Other uses of these drugs are abuse. … Club drugs are also sometimes used as "date rape" drugs, to make someone unable to say no to or fight … Abusing these drugs can cause serious health problems and sometimes death.

5. Cancer-Drugs-Utilization-Cost Research (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2011 - expen- ditures treated either cancer or potential sequelae of cancer (e.g., anemia).4 Two of these drugs … Using 2006 data, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported on the top 100 Part D drugs … Limits on Medicare’s ability to control rising spending on cancer drugs. … Top 100 drugs by utilization and class variations in generic dispensing rates. … Available at: www.aarp.org/health/drugs- supplements/info-2007/fs136_biologics.html.

6. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Protocols for High-Risk Drugs: Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to Anticoagulants | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   September 01, 2023 - Evidence Reports Making Healthcare Safer IV: Protocols for High-Risk Drugs … SHARE: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Protocols for High-Risk Drugs … The “Protocols for High-Risk Drugs: Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to Anticoagulants” as a patient … High-Alert Drugs: Patient Safety Practices for Intravenous Anticoagulants. … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/high-risk-drugs/protocol  

7. Data Points #9: Utilization of antidiabetic drugs among Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, 2006-2009 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - Home Evidence Reports Data Points #9: Utilization of antidiabetic drugs … SHARE: Data Points #9: Utilization of antidiabetic drugs … Several types of insulin and other injectable drugs such as amylin analogs and glucagon-like peptide- … Project Timeline Data Points #9: Utilization of antidiabetic drugs among Medicare beneficiaries with … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/diabetes-drugs-utilization/research  

8. Drugs and Young People | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   March 03, 2016 - S T U V W X Y Z Health Topics Drugs … Abused drugs include Amphetamines Anabolic steroids Club drugs Cocaine Heroin Inhalants … Marijuana Prescription drugs There are different types of treatment for drug abuse.

9. Data Points #7: Utilization of anticancer biologic products among Medicare beneficiaries, by diagnostic cancer subchapter, 2006-2009 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - Drug Information, DrugPoints, Clinical Pharmacology, DRUGDEX, National Comprehensive Cancer Network Drugs … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cancer-drugs-utilization/research  

10. Data Points #8: Utilization of antihypertensive drug classes among Medicare beneficiaries with hypertension, 2007 to 2009 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Most patients with hypertension will require two or more antihypertensive drugs to control their blood … This Data Points brief explores the prevalence of hypertension and utilization of antihypertensive drugs … Further, it examines costs of antihypertensive drugs. … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/hypertension-drugs-utilization/research  

11. S13 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - Historically, those who investigate the effects of mar- keted pharmaceuticals have focused on the risk … Unique Problems in the Study of Pharmaceuticals Exposure misclassification is a unique challenge in … Indeed, the confounders of concern are usually other drugs or other diseases. … In addition, studies of pharmaceuticals, especially stud- ies of the effectiveness of pharmaceuticals … CONCLUSIONS The goal of our research community is to optimize the use of pharmaceuticals by improving

12. Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to Anticoagulant Use in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2024 - Project Timeline Making Healthcare Safer IV: Protocols for High-Risk Drugs: Reducing Adverse Drug Events … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/high-risk-drugs/rapid-research  

13. Data Points #6: Utilization and cost of anticancer biologic products among Medicare beneficiaries, 2006-2009 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Drugs used in the treatment of cancer account for a large share of Medicare Part B drug expenditures. … Two of these drugs, rituximab and bevacizumab, are biologics. … Using 2006 data, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported on the top 100 Part D drugs … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cancer-drugs-utilization-cost/research  

14. Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription Drugs to Health Care Consumers | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - Evidence Reports Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription Drugs … SHARE: Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription Drugs … Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription Drugs to Healthcare Consumers (PPT, 153 kb) What … Evidence" to Healthcare Consumers: Applying Social Marketing to Evidence About the Harms and Benefits of Pharmaceuticals … 1.0 MB) Project Timeline Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription Drugs

15. Comparative Effectiveness of Dietary Supplement Versus No Dietary Supplement Use in Adults Taking Cardiovascular Drugs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - dietary supplements (when compared to cardiovascular drugs alone or cardiovascular drugs and a different … Classes of commonly used cardiovascular drugs to be considered (excluding drugs used exclusively for … Analytic Framework for Dietary Supplement Use in Adults Taking Cardiovascular Drugs. … Drugs Aging 2009;26(Suppl 1):41-51. Garner JB. … Drugs 2009;69:1777-98. Miller KL, Liebowitz RS, Newby LK.

16. Comparative Effectiveness of Preventive Pharmacological Treatments for Migraine | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Drugs approved by the FDA for migraine prevention and off-label drugs examined in clinical trials. … Ariston Pharmaceuticals, Inc. … Elan Pharmaceuticals Eli Lilly and Company Endo Pharmaceuticals EUROHEAD GlaxoSmithKline HaEmek … King Pharmaceuticals Lotus Pharmaceutical MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. … Nordlandssykehuset HF Novartis NPS Pharmaceuticals NuPathe Inc.

17. Drug Reactions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 19, 2012 - One problem is interactions, which may occur between Two drugs, such as aspirin and blood thinners … Drugs and food, such as statins and grapefruit Drugs and supplements, such as ginkgo and blood thinners … or both drugs. … The drugs might not work, or you could get side effects. … Side effects are unwanted effects caused by the drugs.

18. Developing Evidence-Based Research Priorities for Off-Label Drug Use | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 01, 2020 - years (based from 12/31/06) were coded as 1.0, drugs approved between 4-13 years as 0.5, and drugs approved … drugs are consistent across the lists. … Bayesian approaches to the value of information: implications for the regulation of new pharmaceuticals … The Drug Safety index value is coded as 1 for drugs with a black box warning, 0.5 for drugs that had … The Market Entry index value is coded as 1 for drugs that entered within the past 3 years, 0.5 for drugs

19. Migraine in Adults: Preventive Pharmacologic Treatments | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Studies that compared drugs with inactive controls, nonpharmacologic interventions, or other drugs were … For episodic migraine, RCTs examined 59 drugs from 14 drug classes. … All approved drugs (topiramate, divalproex, timolol, and propranolol), some off-label beta blockers, … Drugs would result in clinical improvement in 200 to 400 patients per 1,000 treated. … Evidence on improving quality of life was inconsistent across individual drugs.

20. Rapid Network Meta-analysis Using Data From Food and Drug Administration Approval Packages Is Feasible but With Limitations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 01, 2024 - Abstract | October 2019 Objective: To test rapid approaches that use Drugs … @FDA (a public database of approved drugs) and ClinicalTrials.gov to identify trials and to compare these … Study design and setting: We searched bibliographic databases, Drugs@FDA, and ClinicalTrials.gov for … precise effect estimates and similar relative rankings for available interventions using trials from Drugs … Conclusions: A rapid NMA approach using data from Drugs@FDA is feasible but has its own limitations.