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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60615/psn-pdf
    June 24, 2020 - Key potentially inappropriate drugs in pediatrics: the KIDs list. … Key potentially inappropriate drugs in pediatrics: the KIDs list. … the development of the Key Potentially Inappropriate Drugs in Pediatrics, or “KIDs” List, intended … pharmacists from the Pediatric Pharmacy Association developed an evidence-based list of candidate drugs … The final KIDs List includes 67 drugs/drug classes; most require a prescription and are available in

  2. Medication safety: look-alike/sound-alike drugs in home care. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-safety-look-alikesound-alike-drugs-home-care
    February 03, 2021 - Commentary Medication safety: look-alike/sound-alike drugs in home care. … Medication safety: look-alike/sound-alike drugs in home care. … Medication safety: look-alike/sound-alike drugs in home care.

  3. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/substanceabuse_hi_impact.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research, AHRQ is interested in innovations in drugs … For purposes of horizon scanning, AHRQ’s interests are broad and encompass drugs, devices, procedures … Information is compiled for expert comment on topics at a granular level (i.e., similar drugs in the … Prescription drugs: abuse and addiction. [internet]. … Titan Pharmaceuticals provides probuphine update after meeting with U.S.

  4. Pre-COVID-19 Retail Use and Expenditures for Drugs That Were Subsequently Used to Treat COVID-19 (pdf file)

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/rf49/rf49.pdf
    December 04, 2020 - Pre-COVID-19 Retail Use and Expenditures for Drugs That Were Subsequently Used to Treat COVID-19 … July 2021 Pre-COVID-19 Retail Use and Expenditures for Drugs That Were Subsequently Used … New uses may cause shortages, or price increases, that affect people who were using these drugs prior … We identified a list of COVID-19-relevant drugs from published sources. … Drugs Drugs are defined at the level of the active ingredient(s) using a non-public, unmasked version

  5. Drugs that interact with colchicine via inhibition of cytochrome p450 3A4 and p-glycoprotein: A signal detection analysis using a database of spontaneously reported adverse events (FAERS). | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/meaningful-drug-interaction-alerts/citation/drugs
    January 01, 2023 - Drugs that interact with colchicine via inhibition of cytochrome p450 3A4 and p-glycoprotein: A signal … Drugs that interact with colchicine via inhibition of cytochrome p450 3A4 and p-glycoprotein: A signal

  6. Data Points #7: Utilization of anticancer biologic products among Medicare beneficiaries, by diagnostic cancer subchapter, 2006-2009 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cancer-drugs-utilization/research

  7. Risk of bleeding with exposure to warfarin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/individualized-drug-interaction-alerts/citation/risk
    January 01, 2023 - Risk of bleeding with exposure to warfarin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a systematic review … Risk of bleeding with exposure to warfarin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a systematic review

  8. Recent Evidence Indicates a Flourishing Market for Biosimilar Drugs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/943.html
    January 01, 2025 - Recent Evidence Indicates a Flourishing Market for Biosimilar Drugs Issue Number 943 AHRQ … Today's Headlines: Recent Evidence Indicates a Flourishing Market for Biosimilar Drugs . … Recent Evidence Indicates a Flourishing Market for Biosimilar Drugs An AHRQ-supported article in Health … Affairs discusses the potential of biosimilar drugs to unlock lower drug prices for patients. … Biosimilars are much more affordable versions of comparable brand-name biologic drugs.

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836991/psn-pdf
    April 27, 2022 - Nearly all thirty most frequently used emergency department drugs experienced shortages from 2006-2019 … Nearly all thirty most frequently used emergency department drugs experienced shortages from 2006–2019 … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nearly-all-thirty-most-frequently-used-emergency-department-drugs- experienced-shortages … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nearly-all-thirty-most-frequently-used-emergency-department-drugs-experienced-shortages … -2014 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/spikes-demand-coronavirus-patients-are-creating-shortages-asthma-drugs-and-sedatives

  10. Look-alike, sound-alike drugs review: include look-alike packaging as an additional safety check. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/look-alike-sound-alike-drugs-review-include-look-alike-packaging-additional-safety-check
    March 24, 2021 - Study Look-alike, sound-alike drugs review: include look-alike packaging as an additional … Look-alike, sound-alike drugs review: include look-alike packaging as an additional safety check. … Look-alike, sound-alike drugs review: include look-alike packaging as an additional safety check. … August 6, 2014 Look alike/sound alike drugs: a literature review on causes and solutions … Topic Physicians Pharmacists Quality and Safety Professionals Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Drugs

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/846439/psn-pdf
    March 22, 2023 - Which adverse events and which drugs are implicated in drug-related hospital admissions? … Which adverse events and which drugs are implicated in drug-related hospital admissions? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/which-adverse-events-and-which-drugs-are-implicated-drug-related-hospital … emergency department visits or hospitalization, and the types and prevalence of ADEs and implicated drugs … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/which-adverse-events-and-which-drugs-are-implicated-drug-related-hospital-admissions

  12. A steep increase in domestic fatal medication errors with use of alcohol and/or street drugs. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/steep-increase-domestic-fatal-medication-errors-use-alcohol-andor-street-drugs
    September 20, 2011 - A steep increase in domestic fatal medication errors with use of alcohol and/or street drugs … A steep increase in domestic fatal medication errors with use of alcohol and/or street drugs. … ambulatory care patients, particularly when prescription medications were combined with alcohol or street drugs … A steep increase in domestic fatal medication errors with use of alcohol and/or street drugs.

  13. Statistical Brief #180: The Top Five Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for Children, Adults, and the Elderly, 2004 (pdf file)

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st180/stat180.pdf
    July 01, 2007 - Statistical Brief #180: The Top Five Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for Children … Adults, and the Elderly, 2004 July 2007 The Top Five Outpatient Prescription Drugs … expenditures tor, $4.35 billion and r, $2.44 billion). 04, the top five drugs ranked by total … The combined expenditures for the top five drugs totaled $2.4 billion and represented 24.2 percent of … Two proton-pump inhibitor drugs ranked number two (Nexium, $2.67 billion) and number three (Prevacid

  14. Statistical Brief #109

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb109.jsp
    April 01, 2011 - Introduction The use of pharmaceuticals is an essential element of the American healthcare system … No additional details are available on the specific drugs in question. … ; and cardiovascular drugs, such as antihypertensive agents. … However, for cases under age 45, antibiotics and psychotropic drugs were also common causes. … to drugs or medicines taken internally 960.0–964.9, 965.02–969.5, 969.8–979.9, Poisoning by drugs

  15. RESEARCH FINDINGS #49: Pre-COVID-19 Retail Use and Expenditures for Drugs That Were Subsequently Used to Treat COVID-19

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/rf49/rf49.shtml
    July 01, 2021 - RESEARCH FINDINGS #49: Pre-COVID-19 Retail Use and Expenditures for Drugs That Were Subsequently …   RESEARCH FINDINGS #49: Pre-COVID-19 Retail Use and Expenditures for Drugs … New uses may cause shortages, or price increases, that affect people who were using these drugs prior … Drugs Drugs are defined at the level of the active ingredient(s) using a non-public, unmasked … Expenditures are adjusted to 2018 dollars using the Consumer Price Index for prescription drugs.

  16. Statistical Brief #109: Medication-Related Adverse Outcomes in U.S. Hospitals and Emergency Departments, 2008 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb109.pdf
    April 01, 2011 - Introduction The use of pharmaceuticals is an essential element of the American health care system … No additional details are available on the specific drugs in question. … ; and cardiovascular drugs, such as antihypertensive agents. … However, for cases under age 45, antibiotics and psychotropic drugs were also common causes. … to drugs or medicines taken internally 960.0–964.9, 965.02–969.5, 969.8–979.9, Poisoning by drugs,

  17. Final Progress Report: Prescribing Errors in Ambulatory Pediatric Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/basco-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - For dosing frequency determination, we focused on narcotic-containing drugs prescribed to children 0 … This approach had the effect of censuring < 0.01% of prescriptions for the 22 drugs. … Determining drugs to evaluate for narcotic overdosing. … However, the PPV for 7/17 (41%) drugs that triggered an alert remained ≥ 10%. E-1b. … Retrospective detection of potential medication errors involving drugs with similar names.

  18. Chicago-Area DEcIDE Center (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/off-label-use-research-priorities_research.pdf
    May 01, 2009 - years (based from 12/31/06) were coded as 1.0, drugs approved between 4-13 years as 0.5, and drugs … Bayesian approaches to the value of information: implications for the regulation of new pharmaceuticals … c The Drug Safety index value is coded as 1 for drugs with a black box warning, 0.5 for drugs that had … drugs that entered 4 to 13 years ago, and zero for drugs that entered more than 13 years ago and zero … the drugs shifted from the top tier).

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867091/psn-pdf
    November 06, 2024 - Initiative to deprescribe high-risk drugs for older adults presenting to the emergency department after … risk drugs for older adults presenting to the emergency department after falls. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/initiative-deprescribe-high-risk-drugs-older-adults-presenting-emergency … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/initiative-deprescribe-high-risk-drugs-older-adults-presenting-emergency-department-after … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/initiative-deprescribe-high-risk-drugs-older-adults-presenting-emergency-department-after

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866157/psn-pdf
    June 19, 2024 - Incidence of drug-related adverse events related to the use of high-alert drugs: a systematic review … Incidence of drug-related adverse events related to the use of high-alert drugs: a systematic review … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-drug-related-adverse-events-related-use-high-alert-drugs- systematic-review … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-drug-related-adverse-events-related-use-high-alert-drugs-systematic-review … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-drug-related-adverse-events-related-use-high-alert-drugs-systematic-review
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