[HTML][HTML] The use of antidepressants, anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics in Europe: focusing on mental health care in Portugal and prescribing in older patients

M Estrela, MT Herdeiro, PL Ferreira… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Mental disorders are a growing concern in the 21st century. The most
prevalent common mental disorders include depression and anxiety. It is predicted that half …

[HTML][HTML] Drug-related problems identified in a sample of Portuguese institutionalised elderly patients and pharmacists' interventions to improve safety and …

FA da Costa, L Silvestre, C Periquito, C Carneiro… - Drugs-real world …, 2016 - Springer
Background Currently, people live longer but often with poor quality of life. The decrease in
healthy life-years is partly attributable to the institution of polypharmacy to treat various …

Suspected adverse drug reaction reports with oral anticoagulants in Portugal: a pharmacovigilance study

D Caldeira, R Rodrigues, D Abreu… - Expert Opinion on …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: In this pharmacovigilance study, we aimed to determine the incidence of
spontaneously reported suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) related to oral …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of Reports Sent to the Portuguese Pharmacovigilance System and Published Literature Regarding the Safety of Metformin in the Elderly

B Esteves, C Monteiro, APC Duarte - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
The first line medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes is metformin. This study aims to
investigate the safety profile of metformin and metformin combination medications in older …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of a structured stimulated spontaneous safety monitoring of medicines reporting program in strengthening pharmacovigilance system in …

KW Mwamwitwa, AM Fimbo, EM Bukundi… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Under-reporting of adverse drug events (ADEs) is a challenge facing developing countries
including Tanzania. Given the high magnitude of under-reporting, it was necessary to …

Deprescribing in primary care in Portugal (DePil17-20): a three-phase observational and experimental study protocol

PA Simões, LM Santiago, JA Simões - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Polypharmacy is commonly defined as the simultaneous taking of five or more
drugs. Deprescribing is the process of tapering or stopping medications with the aim of …

[HTML][HTML] Medication and the risk of falls: an analysis of adverse drug reactions reported to the Portuguese pharmacovigilance system

D Rodrigues, S Silvestre, C Monteiro… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Falls are not always considered direct adverse drug reactions (ADRs). However, due to their
mechanism of action, certain drugs increase the risk of falls. This retrospective study aimed …

[PDF][PDF] Adverse drug reactions of non-opioid and opioid analgesics reported to Croatian national authority from 2007 to 2014.

P Sunara, D Krnic, L Puljak - Acta Medica Academica, 2017 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Objective. Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are commonly observed in the health services
because of system weaknesses and individual errors. Analgesics are widely used and it can …

[HTML][HTML] Drug induced liver injury: perspective of the adverse drug reaction reports to the Portuguese Pharmacovigilance System from 2010 to 2019

DRCMA Nunes, MC Breton, CSJ Monteiro… - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Drug induced liver injury (DILI) is an adverse drug reaction that causes liver
damage in a predictable (dose-dependent) or an unpredictable (idiosyncratic) fashion. We …

Pharmacovigilance: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in pediatric patients in Ethiopia. Retrospective study

H Birhane, M Islam, D Hmariam… - Research Journal of …, 2021 - indianjournals.com
Objective: To Characterize spontaneously reported pediatric adverse drug reactions (ADRs)
in Ethiopia. Method: The detail of reported pediatric ADRs data to Ethiopian national …