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Leading Pharmacist Calls For End To Wasteful Use Of Prescription Drugs

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England's former Chief Pharmaceutical Officer will tell an audience tomorrow (Thursday, March 29) that, as a nation, we are wasting millions of pounds a year on prescription drugs. Professor Jim Smith, now Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Policy at the University of Sunderland, will also highlight ...

read more England's former Chief Pharmaceutical Officer will tell an audience tomorrow (Thursday, March 29) that, as a nation, we are wasting millions of pounds a year on prescription drugs. Professor Jim Smith, now Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Policy at the University of Sunderland, will also highlight read more Sun Apr 2007 Sun Apr 2007

Patient Adherence For Successful Tuberculosis Treatment

Categorie : Compliance
Nearly 2 million people die from tuberculosis each year, mainly in the poorest countries. The pathogen, Koch's bacillus, can pass easily by aerial infection from one individual to another. The spread of the disease, favoured by the Aids epidemic and the appearance of multi-resistant strains, has led ...

read more Nearly 2 million people die from tuberculosis each year, mainly in the poorest countries. The pathogen, Koch's bacillus, can pass easily by aerial infection from one individual to another. The spread of the disease, favoured by the Aids epidemic and the appearance of multi-resistant strains, has led read more Sat Mar 2007 Sat Mar 2007

Safety Impact Of Error Reports In Neonatal Intensive Care Not Known

Categorie : Compliance
Voluntary reporting of mistakes made while caring for very sick newborns is more effective than compulsory reporting, says research published ahead of print in the Fetal & Neonatal Edition of the Archives of Disease in Childhood. But it is unclear what impact error reports have on improving the safe ...

read more Voluntary reporting of mistakes made while caring for very sick newborns is more effective than compulsory reporting, says research published ahead of print in the Fetal & Neonatal Edition of the Archives of Disease in Childhood. But it is unclear what impact error reports have on improving the safe read more Sun Mar 2007 Sun Mar 2007

FDA To Tighten Up Conflict Of Interest Rules For Advisory Panels

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new draft guidelines on Wednesday to tighten up conflict of interest rules for members to its advisory panels. They are inviting public comments for the next 60 days before they move to finalize the guidelines. [click link for full article] ...

read more The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new draft guidelines on Wednesday to tighten up conflict of interest rules for members to its advisory panels. They are inviting public comments for the next 60 days before they move to finalize the guidelines. [click link for full article] read more Thu Mar 2007 Thu Mar 2007

Many U.S. Adults Do Not Follow Physician Recommendations, Survey Finds

Categorie : Compliance
About 27% of U.S. adults said they or immediate family members have not filled prescriptions because they considered the medications unnecessary, according to a recent Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive survey, the Wall Street Journal Online reports. The online survey included responses ...

read more About 27% of U.S. adults said they or immediate family members have not filled prescriptions because they considered the medications unnecessary, according to a recent Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive survey, the Wall Street Journal Online reports. The online survey included responses read more Tue Mar 2007 Tue Mar 2007

Aga Khan University Team Discover Which Patients Keep On Taking Their Medicine

Categorie : Compliance
Aga Khan University (AKU) is proud to share a peer-reviewed article, "Factors Associated with Adherence to Anti-Hypertensive Treatment in Pakistan," which appears in PLoS ONE, the international, open-access online journal from the Public Library of Science. The study on which the article is based is ...

read more Aga Khan University (AKU) is proud to share a peer-reviewed article, read more Sun Mar 2007 Sun Mar 2007

Woman Denied Right To Use Marijuana As Life-saving Medication

Categorie : Compliance
An American woman whose doctor has told her that marijuana is the only drug keeping her alive, has been denied the right to use it by a federal court. She could face prosecution on drug charges.Angel Raich, a 41-year old mother of two from Oakland, California, sought an injuction to stop the governm ...

read more An American woman whose doctor has told her that marijuana is the only drug keeping her alive, has been denied the right to use it by a federal court. She could face prosecution on drug charges.Angel Raich, a 41-year old mother of two from Oakland, California, sought an injuction to stop the governm read more Thu Mar 2007 Thu Mar 2007

New Software Could Help People With Multiple Prescriptions

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Multiple prescriptions can be confusing: knowing which pill is which, when to take what medication and what pills have special instructions.A Medical College of Georgia physical therapist and associate dean wants to reduce consumer confusion with software that creates a calendar-like printout every ...

read more Multiple prescriptions can be confusing: knowing which pill is which, when to take what medication and what pills have special instructions.A Medical College of Georgia physical therapist and associate dean wants to reduce consumer confusion with software that creates a calendar-like printout every read more Sun Jan 2007 Sun Jan 2007

Patients' Misuse Of Prescription Drugs More Harmful Than FDA Approval Process, According To Op-Ed

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Most "drugs and devices wind up causing side effects because of the human inability to follow directions," which contradicts claims "politicians and the Institute of Medicine peddle to the media of an FDA and drug industry rushing to approve and market medicines without regard to product safety," Ro ...

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Study Shows Flavoring Improves Quality Of Life Scores & Compliance At Children's Hospital

Categorie : Compliance
An independent study from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital showed that the addition of flavoring to medicine can improve compliance and quality of life scores drastically in pediatric patients. These results indicate that flavoring can significa ...

read more An independent study from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital showed that the addition of flavoring to medicine can improve compliance and quality of life scores drastically in pediatric patients. These results indicate that flavoring can significa read more Thu Dec 2006 Thu Dec 2006

Statin Users Risk Heart Attacks By Dropping Treatment Or Taking Low Doses

Categorie : Compliance
Thousands of statin users worldwide are suffering preventable heart attacks, simply because they are not complying with their treatment or are taking too low a dose, according to new research published on-line in European Heart Journal[1].These life-saving drugs, used to lower cholesterol levels in ...

read more Thousands of statin users worldwide are suffering preventable heart attacks, simply because they are not complying with their treatment or are taking too low a dose, according to new research published on-line in European Heart Journal[1].These life-saving drugs, used to lower cholesterol levels in read more Wed Dec 2006 Wed Dec 2006

Important Factors In Compliance With HIV Regimens Identified; And More

Categorie : Compliance
Adherence to HIV medications is the greatest predictor of death. How well patients with HIV adhere to their regimens of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) medication depends on a variety of factors, either positive or negative, many of which are common to patients around the world. [click ...

read more Adherence to HIV medications is the greatest predictor of death. How well patients with HIV adhere to their regimens of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) medication depends on a variety of factors, either positive or negative, many of which are common to patients around the world. [click read more Sun Nov 2006 Sun Nov 2006

Pharmacy Care Program Helps Elderly Patients Take All Their Medications

Categorie : Compliance
A pharmacy care program for elderly patients increases medication adherence, which results in improved health outcomes, according to a study posted online on 13-Nov-2006 by JAMA. The study is being released early to coincide with its presentation at the American Heart Association Scientific Session. ...

read more A pharmacy care program for elderly patients increases medication adherence, which results in improved health outcomes, according to a study posted online on 13-Nov-2006 by JAMA. The study is being released early to coincide with its presentation at the American Heart Association Scientific Session. read more Sat Nov 2006 Sat Nov 2006

Delivery Methods Of Schizophrenia Medicines Compared By National Study

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More than half of schizophrenia patients don't take their medication as directed and a new study will determine whether biweekly physician visits and injectable drugs can change that."The basic thing we are comparing is whether people who get the injectable medicine will do better either in their sy ...

read more More than half of schizophrenia patients don't take their medication as directed and a new study will determine whether biweekly physician visits and injectable drugs can change that. read more Sat Sep 2006 Sat Sep 2006

Compliance News from Medical News Today

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Latest Compliance news updated throughout the day, every day ...

read more Latest Compliance news updated throughout the day, every day read more Tue Aug 2006 Tue Aug 2006

Sub-Saharan Africans With HIV May Achieve Favorable Levels Of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence

Categorie : Compliance
A review of previous studies suggests that favorable levels of antiretroviral therapy adherence can be reached among HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa, while adherence remains a concern in North America, according to an analysis reported in the August issue of JAMA.Antiretroviral therapy ( ...

read more A review of previous studies suggests that favorable levels of antiretroviral therapy adherence can be reached among HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa, while adherence remains a concern in North America, according to an analysis reported in the August issue of JAMA.Antiretroviral therapy ( read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Interrupting HIV Treatment Could Be Beneficial

Categorie : Compliance
Stopping antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients from time to time could reduce the side effects and costs of the treatment, according to an article in The Lancet.Though extremely effective at preventing AIDS, lifelong treatment with Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) is expensive ...

read more Stopping antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients from time to time could reduce the side effects and costs of the treatment, according to an article in The Lancet.Though extremely effective at preventing AIDS, lifelong treatment with Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) is expensive read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Taking Medicine Regularly (even Placebo) Is Good For You

Categorie : Compliance
People who take their medicine regularly, even dummy (placebo) medicine, have a lower risk of death than those with poor adherence, finds a study in this week's BMJ.This intriguing finding supports the concept of the "healthy adherer" effect, whereby adherence to drug treatment may be a marker for o ...

read more People who take their medicine regularly, even dummy (placebo) medicine, have a lower risk of death than those with poor adherence, finds a study in this week's BMJ.This intriguing finding supports the concept of the read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Stopping Medication Too Soon After Receiving A Drug-eluting Stent Raises Risk Of Death

Categorie : Compliance
Heart attack patients who stopped taking antiplatelet drugs (which help prevent blood clots) within 30 days of receiving a drug-coated stent had nine times the risk of death compared to patients who followed doctors' orders, according to a study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart ...

read more Heart attack patients who stopped taking antiplatelet drugs (which help prevent blood clots) within 30 days of receiving a drug-coated stent had nine times the risk of death compared to patients who followed doctors' orders, according to a study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Global Problem Of Adherence To Osteoporosis Treatment Puts Lives At Risk And Costs Billions

Categorie : Compliance
A new report from the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) details for the first time the global implications and significant personal, social and economic costs associated with women not staying on their osteoporosis treatment. Approximately half of patients stop taking their weekly treatme ...

read more A new report from the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) details for the first time the global implications and significant personal, social and economic costs associated with women not staying on their osteoporosis treatment. Approximately half of patients stop taking their weekly treatme read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

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