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ArticleDrug, healthcare and patient safety2014

Joint medicine-information and pharmacovigilance services could improve detection and communication about drug-safety problems.

Jan Schjøtt, Jenny Bergman

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Article in Drug, healthcare and patient safety, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Jan SchjøttSection of Clinical Pharmacology, Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway ; Institute of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway ; Regional Medicines Information and Pharmacovigilance Centre (RELIS Vest), Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Jenny BergmanRegional Medicines Information and Pharmacovigilance Centre (RELIS Vest), Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRELIS is a Norwegian network of four regional medicine-information and pharmacovigilance centers where pharmacists and clinical pharmacologists provide feedback to health care professionals in spontaneous drug-related questions and adverse drug-reaction (ADR) reports published in a question-answer pair (QAP) database (the RELIS database) and the Norwegian ADR database, respectively.

objectiveTo describe the potential of RELIS's dual service to improve detection and communication of drug-safety problems. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe searched the RELIS database for QAPs about ADRs with use of the Norwegian ADR database as a reference. We also searched the Norwegian ADR database for reports that used the RELIS database as a reference. Both searches were limited to the years 2003-2012. We then selected the example of pregabalin and drug abuse after the marketing of Lyrica in Norway in September 2004 to illustrate RELIS's potential to detect new drug-safety information through a limited number of QAPs and ADR reports.

resultsA total of 5,427 (26%) of 21,071 QAPs in the RELIS database concerned ADRs. QAPs from this database were used as references in 791 (4%) of a total of 22,090 reports in the Norwegian ADR database. The Norwegian ADR database was used as a reference in 363 (7%) of 5,427 QAPs that concerned ADRs. Between September 2004 and September 2008, RELIS received eleven questions and 13 ADR reports about suspicion of Lyrica (pregabalin) and different aspects of abuse.

conclusionRELIS processes data through two databases that facilitate communication about ADRs. Our service also has the potential to detect new drug-safety problems with a limited number of questions and ADR reports.

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