Prescribers' knowledge of and sources of information for potential drug-drug interactions: A postal survey of US prescribers

Drug Safety

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 525-536

  Ko, Yu ^a   Malone, Daniel C ^b   Skrepnek, Grant H ^b   Armstrong, Edward P ^b   Murphy, John E ^b   Abarca, Jacob ^c   Rehfeld, Rick A ^b   Reel, Sally J ^b   Woosley, Raymond L ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c WellPoint Next Rx   (United States)

^d Drachman B307F ^*

Author keywords

Adverse reaction monitoring; Drug interactions; Pharmacovigilance; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; AMANTADINE; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMOXICILLIN; ATENOLOL; CIMETIDINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CODEINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIGOXIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; ITRACONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; OXYBUTYNIN; PARACETAMOL; RANITIDINE; RIFAMPICIN; SILDENAFIL; SIMVASTATIN; VALACICLOVIR; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN; ZOLPIDEM;

ARTICLE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICE; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PHARMACIST; POSTAL MAIL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43749091716     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200831060-00007     Document Type: Article

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