Pharmacy Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Pharmacy, including details on drug stores, prescriptions, health care.

Volume 2 (2006), Issue 3 (March)

1. Evaluation of prescription practices of antibiotics in a medium-sized Swiss hospital.
   Swiss Med Wkly, 135(47): 710-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. All that glisters is not gold: a comparison of electronic monitoring versus filled prescriptions--an observational study.
   BMC Health Serv Res, 6: 8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Assay of urinary alpha-fluoro-beta-alanine by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the biological monitoring of occupational exposure to 5-fluorouracil in oncology nurses and pharmacy technicians.
   Biomed Chromatogr, 20(3): 257-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Availability of Spanish prescription labels.
   J Health Care Poor Underserved, 17(1): 65-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Update on Prevention of Meningococcal Disease: Focus on Tetravalent Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (CE) (April).
   Ann Pharmacother. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Proposed drug-drug cost effectiveness methodology.
   Ann Pharmacother, 40(3): 524-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Pharmaceutical care in community pharmacies: practice and research in Switzerland.
   Ann Pharmacother, 40(3): 512-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Telephone follow-up of patients receiving antibiotic prescriptions from community pharmacies.
   Am J Health Syst Pharm, 63(6): 557-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Permeability of 13 different gloves to 13 cytotoxic agents under controlled dynamic conditions.
   Am J Health Syst Pharm, 63(6): 547-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Adverse drug reactions causing hospitalization can be monitored from computerized medical records and thereby indicate the quality of drug utilization.
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 15(3): 179-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Complications and antireflux medication use after antireflux surgery.
    Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, 4(3): 299-305. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Development, implementation and pilot evaluation of a Web-based Virtual Patient Case Simulation environment--Web-SP.
    BMC Med Educ, 6: 10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Case-control analysis of the financial cost of medication errors in hospitalized patients.
    Eur J Health Econ, 7(1): 66-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Availability of emergency contraception at rural and urban pharmacies in Pennsylvania.
    Contraception, 73(4): 382-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Over-the-internet availability of hormonal contraceptives regardless of risk factors.
    Contraception, 73(4): 372-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Racial disparities in access after regulatory surveillance of benzodiazepines.
    Arch Intern Med, 166(5): 572-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Physician alerts to increase antidepressant adherence: fax or fiction?
    Arch Intern Med, 166(5): 498-504. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Tobacco cessation counseling: pharmacists' opinions and practices.
    Patient Educ Couns, 61(1): 152-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Helicobacter pylori test & treat strategy for dyspepsia: a qualitative study exploring the barriers and how to overcome them.
    Fam Pract, 23(2): 203-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. The development and evaluation of an integrated electronic prescribing and drug management system for primary care.
    J Am Med Inform Assoc, 13(2): 148-59. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Highlights of the Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul, 2005: the incremental value of nuclear medicine for patient management and care.
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging, 33(3): 360-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Cost analysis of intensive glycemic control in critically ill adult patients.
    Chest, 129(3): 644-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Assessing health systems for type 1 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: developing a 'Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access'.
    BMC Health Serv Res, 6: 17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Sterile syringe access and disposal among injection drug users newly enrolled in methadone maintenance treatment: a cross-sectional survey.
    Harm Reduct J, 3: 8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Estimating health workforce needs for antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings.
    Hum Resour Health, 4: 1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Antiepileptic drug use in nursing home residents: a cross-sectional, regional study.
    Seizure, 15(3): 194-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Pharmacy access to emergency contraception in California.
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health, 38(1): 46-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Prevalence of malaria parasitemia among clients seeking treatment for fever or malaria at drug stores in rural Tanzania 2004.
    Trop Med Int Health, 11(4): 441-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Investigating the potential influence of established multiple-choice test-taking cues on item response in a pharmacotherapy board certification examination preparatory manual: a pilot study.
    Pharmacotherapy, 26(4): 558-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Effect of rosuvastatin compared with other statins on lipid levels and National Cholesterol Education Program goal attainment for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in a usual care setting.
    Pharmacotherapy, 26(4): 469-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Examination of the effects of financial risk on the formal treatment costs for a Medicaid population with psychiatric disabilities.
    Med Care, 44(4): 320-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Use of raloxifene among women with a history of breast cancer.
    Breast Cancer Res Treat, 96(2): 123-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Using a pharmaco-epidemiological approach to estimate diabetes type 2 prevalence in Portugal.
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 15(4): 269-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. The validity of explicit indicators of prescribing appropriateness.
    Int J Qual Health Care, 18(2): 87-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Resource utilization with fluticasone propionate and salmeterol in a single inhaler compared with other controller therapies in children with asthma.
    Curr Med Res Opin, 22(3): 463-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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