Background: Although pharmacotherapy can be beneficial in the elderly, it can also lead to
drug-related problems (DRPs), including untreated indications, drug use without an …

Pharmaceutical care started in the nineties in the United States and has rapidly extended in
many other countries. Although there are different trends, such as clinical pharmacy …

Primary care pharmacists carry out clinical and administrative work directly for family doctors
and primary care organisations. They are a relatively recent innovation and their role in the …

The reported scale of repeat prescriptions ranges from 29% to 75% of all items prescribed,
depending on the definition of repeat prescribing and other variables. It is likely that a …

The results of well‐conducted clinical trials should be translated into practice but there is
good evidence that this is not happening. There are a number of reasons for this–ignorance …

Abstract In 2001 the UK National Health Service (NHS) issued its National Service
Framework for the Elderly (NSF-E). This identified the elderly as a vulnerable group needing …

BACKGROUND Medication reviews may be an important strategy to improve medication
use, especially for individuals receiving many drugs. OBJECTIVE To describe the types of …

Résumé Depuis octobre 2001, le système sanitaire australien prévoit, dans des
circonstances prédéfinies, une prise en charge médico-pharmaceutique. Prescrite par un …

Hipertensão arterial sistêmica (HAS) e diabetes mellitus (DM) são doenças crônicas,
prevalentes e constituem-se em importantes fatores de risco para doença cardiovascular …

Negen op de tien mensen met een somatische chronische aandoening krijgen
geneesmiddelen voorgeschreven [1]. Het gaat daarbij om geneesmiddelen die voor langere …