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| A I VitrySummaryAffiliation: University of South Australia Country: Australia Publications
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Medicines information provided by pharmaceutical representatives: a comparative study in Australia and MalaysiaNoordin Othman
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:743. 2010..We aimed to compare the provision of medicines information by pharmaceutical representatives to doctors in Australia and Malaysia...
Prevalence of comorbidity of chronic diseases in AustraliaGillian E Caughey
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
BMC Public Health 8:221. 2008..The aim of this study was to identify, review and summarise studies reporting the prevalence of comorbidity of chronic diseases in Australia...
Self-medication with over-the-counter drugs and complementary medications in South Australia's elderly populationLynn Yeen Goh
Sansom Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
BMC Complement Altern Med 9:42. 2009..The main aims of this study were to examine self-medication practices with CAM and OTC medicines among older Australians and variables associated with their use...
Major bleeding risk associated with warfarin and co-medications in the elderly populationAgnes I Vitry
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Reid Building, Frome Road, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 20:1057-63. 2011..We aimed to quantify the excess risk of bleeding-related hospitalisation when warfarin was co-dispensed with potentially interacting medicines...
Influence of comorbidities on therapeutic progression of diabetes treatment in Australian veterans: a cohort studyAgnes I Vitry
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
PLoS ONE 5:e14024. 2010..This study assessed whether the number of comorbid conditions unrelated to diabetes was associated with a delay in therapeutic progression of diabetes treatment in Australian veterans...
Reporting of studies on new medicines in major medical journals: a case study in breast cancerA I Vitry
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, Sansom Institute, University of South Australia, Australia
Clin Pharmacol Ther 87:398-400. 2010..Several proposals to strengthen the quality of reporting of clinical trials in medical journals and to support reliable assessment of the therapeutic value of new medicines are discussed...
The risk of falls and fractures associated with persistent use of psychotropic medications in elderly peopleAgnes I Vitry
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, Sansom Institute, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 50:e1-4. 2010..After adjusting for BMI, the IRR in females decreased to 1.22 (95% CI 1.02-1.45; p<0.015) for falls and the RR decreased to 1.92 (p<0.015, CI 1.13-3.24) for fractures...
Validity of medication-based co-morbidity indices in the Australian elderly populationAgnes Vitry
Sansom Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Aust N Z J Public Health 33:126-30. 2009..To determine the validity of two medication-based co-morbidity indices, the Medicines Disease Burden Index (MDBI) and Rx-Risk-V in the Australian elderly population...
Provision of medicines information in Australian community pharmaciesAgnes Vitry
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
Pharm World Sci 31:154-7. 2009..To assess the provision of consumer medicines information in Australian community pharmacies...
Advertising of antihypertensive medicines and prescription sales in AustraliaA Vitry
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Practice Research Centre, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Intern Med J 39:728-32. 2009..Drug promotion is one of the main factors that influence prescribing practices, but there are limited data available to quantify the relationship between drug advertising and prescription sales...
Comparative assessment of four drug interaction compendiaAgnes I Vitry
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, Sansom Institute, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
Br J Clin Pharmacol 63:709-14. 2007..Major interactions for a list of 50 drugs were searched in all four compendia...
Is Australia's national medicines policy failing? The case of COX-2 inhibitorsAgnes Vitry
Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Int J Health Serv 37:735-44. 2007....
Provision of information on regulatory authorities' websitesA Vitry
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Practice Research Centre, Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Australia
Intern Med J 38:559-67. 2008..However, limited research has assessed the provision of information by regulatory authorities. This study aimed to assess the type and availability of information provided on the regulatory authorities' websites...
Quality of Australian clinical guidelines and relevance to the care of older people with multiple comorbid conditionsAgnes I Vitry
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Practice Research Centre, Sansom Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Med J Aust 189:360-5. 2008..To assess the quality of Australian clinical guidelines for chronic diseases and their relevance to older people with multiple comorbid conditions...
Quality and availability of consumer information on heart failure in AustraliaAgnes I Vitry
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, Sansom Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
BMC Health Serv Res 8:255. 2008..This study aimed to review the quality and availability of consumer information materials for people with heart failure in Australia...
Comorbid chronic diseases, discordant impact on mortality in older people: a 14-year longitudinal population studyG E Caughey
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide 5001, Australia
J Epidemiol Community Health 64:1036-42. 2010..To determine the impact of comorbid chronic diseases on mortality in older people...
Prasugrel vs. clopidogrel for cytochrome P450 2C19-genotyped subgroups: integration of the TRITON-TIMI 38 trial dataM J Sorich
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
J Thromb Haemost 8:1678-84. 2010..Whether the CYP2C19 genotype has the potential to influence clinical choice of these drugs prior to PCI for individuals with unstable angina or non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction is currently uncertain...
Pharmaceutical advertisements in prescribing software: an analysisKen J Harvey
School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Plenty Road, Bundoora, VIC 3086
Med J Aust 183:75-9. 2005..To assess pharmaceutical advertisements in prescribing software, their adherence to code standards, and the opinions of general practitioners regarding the advertisements...
The road to consensus: considerations for the safe use and prescribing of COX-2-specific inhibitorsAgnes I Vitry
Med J Aust 177:572-3; author reply 573. 2002
