What do pharmacists think of MURs and do they change prescribed medication?

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 281, Issue 7514, 2008, Pages 163-167

  Wilcock, Michael ^a   Harding, Geoffrey ^b  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; EZETIMIBE; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NICORANDIL; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG USE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICINES USE REVIEWS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY;

EID: 50049108917     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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