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| Gianluca TrifiroSummaryAffiliation: University of Messina Country: Italy Publications
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Adverse drug events in emergency department population: a prospective Italian studyGianluca Trifiro
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 14:333-40. 2005..We therefore carried out a study to determine ADE incidence and ADE-related hospital admissions among emergency department (ED) visits, and to identify the risk factors for serious ADE leading to ED visit...- Antipsychotic prescribing pattern among Italian general practitioners: a population-based study during the years 1999-2002Gianluca Trifiro
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria Gazzi, 98100 Messina, Italy
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 61:47-53. 2005..To assess the antipsychotic use and the prevalence/incidence of antipsychotic drug users in Italy during the years 1999-2002. To estimate the persistence with antipsychotic medications, and to measure their off-label use... - Prescribing pattern of anti-Parkinson drugs in Southern Italy: cross-sectional analysis in the years 2003-2005Gianluca Trifiro
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacology Unit, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria Gazzi, 98125 Messina, Italy
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 14:420-5. 2008..A high proportion of APD users (15-20%) received only one prescription during the study period... - All-cause mortality associated with atypical and typical antipsychotics in demented outpatientsGianluca Trifiro
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacology Unit, University of Messina, Italy
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 16:538-44. 2007..To estimate the association between use of typical and atypical antipsychotics and all-cause mortality in a population of demented outpatients... - Prescribing pattern of antipsychotic drugs in the Italian general population 2000-2005: a focus on elderly with dementiaGianluca Trifiro
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Messina, Italy
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 25:22-8. 2010..Similar trends were not observed in general population and elderly as a whole... - Antidepressant drugs: prevalence, incidence and indication of use in general practice of Southern Italy during the years 2003-2004Gianluca Trifiro
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 16:552-9. 2007..To estimate 1-year prevalence, 1-year incidence and indication of use of antidepressant (AD) drug treatment in general practice of Southern Italy during the years 2003-2004... - Prescribing pattern of drugs in the treatment of osteoarthritis in Italian general practice: the effect of rofecoxib withdrawalMarianna Alacqua
University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Arthritis Rheum 59:568-74. 2008..The aim of the present study was to compare the trend of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) use and other analgesics in osteoarthritis (OA) treatment before and after rofecoxib withdrawal in Italian general practice... - Prescribing pattern of anti-epileptic drugs in an Italian setting of elderly outpatients: a population-based study during 2004-07Alessandro Oteri
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacology Unit, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy
Br J Clin Pharmacol 70:514-22. 2010.... - Use and tolerability of newer antipsychotics and antidepressants: a chart review in a paediatric settingMarianna Alacqua
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacology Unit, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria Gazzi, 98125 Messina, Italy
Pharm World Sci 30:44-50. 2008..To analyse the prescribing pattern and the safety profile of different atypical antipsychotics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during the years 2002-2003 in paediatric setting... - Interaction risk with proton pump inhibitors in general practice: significant disagreement between different drug-related information sourcesGianluca Trifiro
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Br J Clin Pharmacol 62:582-90. 2006.... - Drug safety information through the internet: the experience of an Italian websiteGiovanni Polimeni
Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico IRCCS, Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy
Drug Saf 32:245-53. 2009..The site also contains specific sections dedicated to adverse reactions to herbal products and cosmetic preparations... - Use of antipsychotics in elderly patients with dementia: do atypical and conventional agents have a similar safety profile?Gianluca Trifiro
Section of Pharmacology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Messina, Italy
Pharmacol Res 59:1-12. 2009..More effective interventions are necessary to improve postmarket drug safety in vulnerable populations... - Newer and older antiepileptic drug use in Southern Italy: a population-based study during the years 2003-2005Marianna Alacqua
IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Via Palermo C da Casazza, Messina 98124, Italy
Epilepsy Res 85:107-13. 2009..To analyse the prescribing pattern of newer and older antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) during the years 2003-2005... - The EU-ADR project: preliminary results and perspectiveGianluca Trifiro
Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Stud Health Technol Inform 148:43-9. 2009..The EU-ADR project aims to exploit different European electronic healthcare records (EHR) databases for drug safety signal detection. In this paper we describe the project framework and the preliminary results... - Clinically significant drug interactions with newer antidepressantsEdoardo Spina
Section of Pharmacology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
CNS Drugs 26:39-67. 2012..Knowledge of the interaction potential of individual antidepressants is essential for safe prescribing and may help clinicians to predict and eventually avoid certain drug combinations... - How much are biosimilars used in southern Italy?: a retrospective analysis of epoetin utilization in the local health unit of Messina in the years 2010-2011Chiara Loiacono
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, Unit of Pharmacology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
BioDrugs 26:113-20. 2012..Epoetins are one of the three biologics for which biosimilars are available in Italy. So far, there is a lack of Italian national/regional longitudinal data about epoetin use... - Risk minimization activities of centrally authorized products in the EU: a descriptive studyInge M Zomerdijk
Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Drug Saf 35:299-314. 2012..This study describes the additional RMAs of centrally authorized medicinal products authorized between 1 January 1995 and 1 January 2010... - Cerebellar stroke in elderly patient with basilar artery agenesia: a case reportRodolfo Savica
Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Psichiatriche ed Anestesiologiche, A O U Policlinico G Martino, Universita di Messina, Messina, Italy
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 19:81-3. 2010..Furthermore, the reverse dipping pattern together with the aging, hypertension, and diabetes had probably contributed to a hemodynamic malfunction of the cerebral vascular system...