Linking annual prescription volume of antidepressants to corresponding web search query data: A possible proxy for medical prescription behavior?

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 681-685

  Gahr, Maximilian ^a   Uzelac, Zeljko ^a   Zeiss, René ^a   Connemann, Bernhard J ^a   Lang, Dirk ^a   Schönfeldt Lecuona, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

depression; drug safety; Google; pharmacovigilance

Indexed keywords

AGOMELATINE; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMFEPRAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; GENERIC DRUG; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ANNUAL PRESCRIPTION VOLUME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEARCH ENGINE; WEB BROWSER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; INTERNET; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS';

EID: 84947019745     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: 1533712X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000000397     Document Type: Article

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