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| Kari FuruSummaryAffiliation: Norwegian Institute of Public Health Country: Norway Publications
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Aspects of statin prescribing in Norwegian counties with high, average and low statin consumption - an individual-level prescription database studyIngeborg Hartz
Faculty of Health Studies, Hedmark University College, Kirkeveieen 47, 2418 Elverum, Norway
BMC Clin Pharmacol 7:14. 2007..Our objective was to explore how differences in prevalences of use, dosing characteristics, choice of statin and continuity of therapy in individual patients adds new information to previous results...
[Self-reported medical drug use among 15-16 year-old adolescents in Norway]Kari Furu
Avdeling for legemiddelepidemiologi, Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Postboks 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 125:2759-61. 2005..Little information is available about Norwegian adolescents' use of medical drugs...- High validity of mother-reported use of antiasthmatics among children: a comparison with a population-based prescription databaseKari Furu
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway
J Clin Epidemiol 64:878-84. 2011.... 
The Nordic countries as a cohort for pharmacoepidemiological researchKari Furu
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo and Institute of Pharmacy, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 106:86-94. 2010..This research may assist in resolving safety issues of international interest, thus minimizing the risk of either over-reacting on possible signals or underestimating drug safety issues...- Use of anti-asthmatic medications as a proxy for prevalence of asthma in children and adolescents in Norway: a nationwide prescription database analysisKari Furu
Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 63:693-8. 2007..The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of dispensed anti-asthmatic medications as a proxy of asthma among children and adolescents aged 0-19 years in Norway... - Introduction of low dose transdermal buprenorphine -- did it influence use of potentially addictive drugs in chronic non-malignant pain patients?Svetlana Skurtveit
Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Eur J Pain 13:949-53. 2009..9 (1.6-2.3). So far, it is questionable whether the introduction of LD-TD-BUP actually has stabilised opioids consumption or whether it has complicated and increased the consumption of potentially addictive drugs... - Psychotropic drug use among persons with mental distress symptoms: a population-based study in NorwayAnne M Hausken
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Scand J Public Health 35:356-64. 2007..To explore psychotropic drug use in the general population and in particular among non-institutionalized persons with mental distress symptoms... - Starting insomnia treatment: the use of benzodiazepines versus z-hypnotics. A prescription database study of predictorsAnne M Hausken
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 65:295-301. 2009..Drugs prescribed for the treatment of insomnia can be either benzodiazepine hypnotics or the newer z-hypnotics, zopiclone and zolpidem. This paper explores possible explanations for the choice made... - Influence of socioeconomic factors on the adherence of alendronate treatment in incident users in NorwayHelene M Devold
Department of Chronic Diseases, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 21:297-304. 2012..To examine whether socioeconomic factors influence adherence to alendronate drug treatment among incident users in Norway during 2005-2009... - Use of prescribed opioid analgesics and co-medication with benzodiazepines in women before, during, and after pregnancy: a population-based cohort studyMarte Handal
Dept of Pharmacoepidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P O Box 4404 Nydalen, 0403, Oslo, Norway
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 67:953-60. 2011..The aim of the study was to describe the use of prescribed opioid analgesics for noncancer pain and the degree of possible concurrent co-medication with benzodiazepines to women in Norway before, during, and after pregnancy... - Prescription of anti-osteoporosis drugs during 2004-2007-a nationwide register study in NorwayHelene M Devold
Department of Chronic Diseases, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 66:299-306. 2010..To assess 1-year prevalence, incidence rates and minimum refill of anti-osteoporosis drug use in Norway by age, gender and place of residence during 2004-2007... - Benzodiazepines predict use of opioids--a follow-up study of 17,074 men and womenSvetlana Skurtveit
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Pain Med 11:805-14. 2010..To evaluate the effect of the use of benzodiazepines on prescription of opioids 4-7 years later in patients with noncancer pain... - The validity of self-reported prescription medication use among adolescents varied by therapeutic classSvetlana Skurtveit
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, P O Box 4404 Nydalen, N 0403 Oslo, Norway
J Clin Epidemiol 61:714-7. 2008..The objective of this study was to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of self-reported use of medication using a prescription database as reference standard... - Mental distress and subsequent use of anxiolytic drugs--a prospective population-based cohort study of 16,000 individualsAnne M Hausken
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Scand J Public Health 38:465-73. 2010..To study the relationship between mental distress and later use of anxiolytic drugs, taking into account potential confounders such as lifestyle and socioeconomic factors... - A prospective study of asthma and subsequent use of hypnotics in young adultsOystein Karlstad
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 20:370-7. 2011..To examine whether young adults with asthma are at higher risk of initiating hypnotic use... - Use of antirheumatic drugs in mothers and fathers before and during pregnancy-a population-based cohort studyKirsten K Viktil
Diakonhjemmet Hospital Pharmacy, Oslo and Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Diakonhjemmet Hospital Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 18:737-42. 2009..Exploring the use of antirheumatic drugs in pregnant women and expectant fathers... - Risk of diabetes after gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. A registry-based study of 230,000 women in NorwayAnders Engeland
Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway
Eur J Epidemiol 26:157-63. 2011..If the increase in frequency of GDM observed in MBRN in recent years is real, a further increase in diabetic women can be expected... - Benzodiazepine use in all alcohol consumers predicts use of opioids in patients 20 years later--a follow-up study of 13,390 men and women aged 40-42 yearsSvetlana Skurtveit
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P O Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 17:926-933. 2008..To evaluate the effect of the consumption of benzodiazepines at age 40-42 years on prescription of opioids later in life... - Switching statins in Norway after new reimbursement policy: a nationwide prescription studySolveig Sakshaug
Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Br J Clin Pharmacol 64:476-81. 2007..To assess the changes in prescribing of statins in Norway after implementation of the new reimbursement regulations for statins in June 2005... - The association between smoking and subsequent repeated use of prescribed opioids among adolescents and young adults--a population-based cohort studyTomas Log
Institute of Pharmacy, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 20:90-8. 2011..The use of prescribed opioids for chronic non-cancer pain is increasing in many countries. It is, therefore, important to investigate predictors for repeated use of opioids in young non-cancer patients... - Statin treatment in a cohort of 20 212 men and women in Norway according to cardiovascular risk factors and level of educationRandi Selmer
Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Br J Clin Pharmacol 67:355-62. 2009..To study the influence of patients' education and cardiovascular risk factors on the probability of statin treatment... - Prevalence, incidence and persistence of etanercept and adalimumab in Norway 2005-2009Milada Mahic
Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 20:457-63. 2011..Examining the prevalence, incidence and persistence of use of etanercept and adalimumab in Norway during 2005-2009... - Prevalence, incidence and persistence of anti-asthma medication use in 2- to 29-year-olds: a nationwide prescription studyOystein Karlstad
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 66:399-406. 2010.... - Nicotine dependence predicts repeated use of prescribed opioids. Prospective population-based cohort studySvetlana Skurtveit
Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, and Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research, University of Oslo, Norway
Ann Epidemiol 20:890-7. 2010..The aim of this study was to evaluate prospectively smoking dependence as a predictor of repeated use of prescribed opioids in non-cancer patients... - Prescription drug use among fathers and mothers before and during pregnancy. A population-based cohort study of 106,000 pregnancies in Norway 2004-2006Anders Engeland
Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Br J Clin Pharmacol 65:653-60. 2008..In this registry-based study, we examined more than 100,000 Norwegian pregnancies and described the drug prescription pattern of both fathers and mothers around conception and during pregnancy (mothers)... - The use of lithium, valproate or lamotrigine for psychiatric conditions in children and adolescents in Norway 2004-2007 - a prescription database studyJørgen G Bramness
Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NO 0881 Oslo, Norway
J Affect Disord 117:208-11. 2009..Our study aimed to explore how common the use of lithium, valproate and lamotrigine in psychiatric conditions in children and adolescents in Norway and to describe concomitant use of other psychotropic drugs... - The association between prescribed opioid use for mothers and children: a record-linkage studyTomas Log
Department of Pharmacy, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 69:111-8. 2013..It is therefore important to examine factors associated with such repeated use. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the maternal use of prescription opioids and their use by offspring of these mothers... - Why do sales of lipid-lowering drugs vary between counties in Norway? Evidence from the OPPHED Health Study 2000-2001Ingeborg Hartz
Department of Pharmacy, University of Tromsø, Norway
Scand J Prim Health Care 24:115-21. 2006.... - Carisoprodol use and abuse in Norway: a pharmacoepidemiological studyJørgen G Bramness
Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Br J Clin Pharmacol 64:210-8. 2007..Carisoprodol was developed to create a drug with less potential for abuse than meprobamate. However, case reports have established carisoprodol as a drug of abuse. This paper explores the extent of potential abuse of this drug in Norway... - Validation of disease registration in pregnant women in the Medical Birth Registry of NorwayAnders Engeland
Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, N 0403, Oslo, Norway
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 88:1083-9. 2009..The registration of asthma overall was 51%, but considerably higher for more serious asthma. Except for diabetes type 1, the medical disease diagnoses in the MBRN should be dealt with carefully... - To what extent does a cohort of new users of weak opioids develop persistent or probable problematic opioid use?Svetlana Skurtveit
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Pain 152:1555-61. 2011..In a cohort of new opioid users who started treatment with weak opioids, only 0.3% and 0.08% developed prescription patterns indicating persistent opioid use and problematic opioid use, respectively... - Co-medication of statins and CYP3A4 inhibitors before and after introduction of new reimbursement policyHelene M Devold
Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P b 4404 Nydalen, Oslo, Norway
Br J Clin Pharmacol 67:234-41. 2009..Co-medication with interacting drugs increases the risk of statin-induced muscular side-effects. Simvastatin exhibits particularly high interaction potential due to substantial metabolism via cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4)... - [Changes in the sale and use of flunitrazepam in Norway after 1999]Jørgen G Bramness
Avdeling for legemiddelepidemiologi, Divisjon for epidemiologi, Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Postboks 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 126:589-90. 2006..On 1 August 2004 the manufacturer of the Rohypnol brand withdrew it from the Norwegian market. How did these two events influence the sales and use of drugs containing flunitrazepam?.. - Comorbidities in an asthma population 8-29 years old: a study from the Norwegian Prescription DatabaseØystein Karlstad
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 21:1045-52. 2012..To examine the occurrence of chronic diseases and antimicrobial treatment in an asthma population 8-29 years old, compared with the general population... - [Use of antidepressants among children and adolescents--did the warnings lead to fewer prescriptions?]Jørgen G Bramness
Avdeling for legemiddelepidemiologi, Divisjon for epidemiologi, Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Postboks 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 127:2653-5. 2007..The newly established Norwegian Prescription Database was used to investigate whether these warnings have had an effect... - Determinants of control of high blood pressure. The Oslo Health Study 2000-2001Serena Tonstad
Department of Preventive Cardiology, Preventive Medicine Clinic, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Blood Press 13:343-9. 2004..To examine determinants of control of high blood pressure in Oslo, Norway... - The association between smoking and subsequent repeated use of prescribed opioids among adolescents and young adults-a population-based cohort studyTomas Log
Institute of Pharmacy, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 20:90-8. 2011..The use of prescribed opioids for chronic non-cancer pain is increasing in many countries. It is, therefore, important to investigate predictors for repeated use of opioids in young non-cancer patients... - Use of psychotropic drugs in an urban adolescent population: the impact of health-related variables, lifestyle and sociodemographic factors--The Oslo Health Study 2000-2001Svetlana Skurtveit
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 14:277-83. 2005..The aims of the study were to examine use of psychotropic drugs among 15-16 years old adolescents and to study the association between use of drugs and health-related, lifestyle and sociodemographic factors... - Generic substitution: micro evidence from register data in NorwayDag Morten Dalen
BI Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, Norway
Eur J Health Econ 12:49-59. 2011..In markets with more recent entry of generic drugs, brand-name loyalty proves to be much stronger, giving less explanatory power to our demand model... - [Prescribing of stimulants for ADHD in Nordland County]Harald Asheim
Poliklinikk, BUPA, Avdeling for psykiatri, Nordlandssykehuset
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 127:2360-2. 2007..Stimulants are an important part of the treatment of ADHD. The present study examines the prescribing of stimulants for ADHD in Nordland County in 2004 compared to data from 1999... - Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: How common? Baseline data from The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) studyMette Brekke
Section for General Practice, Department of General Practice and Community Health, University of Oslo, Norway
Scand J Prim Health Care 26:80-5. 2008..To assess Norwegian general practitioners' (GPs') level of potentially harmful drug prescribing for elderly patients...