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      Estudio descriptivo del proceso de preparación de sistemas personalizados de dosificación en una farmacia comunitaria rural Translated title: A descriptive study on the provision of multi compartmental compliance aids in a rural community pharmacy

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          Resumen Introducción: el aumento de patologías crónicas en edades avanzadas conlleva un elevado grado de polimedicación, entendido como el consumo simultáneo de cinco o más medicamentos. La polimedicación aumenta el riesgo de problemas relacionados con los medicamentos (PRM). Puede provocar la aparición de resultados negativos asociados a la medicación y una disminución en la adherencia terapéutica, que se acentúa en el ámbito rural donde la población está especialmente envejecida. Los sistemas personalizados de dosificación (SPD) son una buena herramienta para solventar esta situación. Su preparación se basa en procedimientos normalizados de trabajo (PNT) y documentos de buenas prácticas. Método: hemos realizado una adaptación de un PNT incidiendo en puntos clave como el estudio detallado de la farmacoterapia y la posibilidad de fraccionamiento y reacondicionamiento, incluyendo una revisión del uso de la medicación y la realización de un estado de situación. Con la información obtenida, hemos valorado la existencia de PRM. Resultados: de los pacientes adscritos al servicio, la mayoría eran mujeres mayores de 75 años y polimedicadas. Las patologías más prevalentes fueron hipertensión arterial, hipercolesterolemia y diabetes. Casi el 80% de los pacientes tenían al menos una pauta irregular en sus tratamientos. Menos del 5% de formas farmacéuticas no pudieron ser finalmente reacondicionadas. Se detectaron 77 PRM, destacando el aumento de probabilidad de efectos adversos por asociación de fármacos. La adherencia se incrementó del 28.2% al 79.5% después de seis meses. Conclusiones: la preparación de SPD es un servicio complejo, sistemático e individualizado que ha permitido una mejora sustancial en la adherencia.

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          Abstract Introduction: the high prevalence of chronic diseases in older ages frequently leads to the simultaneous intake of five or more drugs, a condition known as polymedication. This results in a higher risk of drug-related problems, which can cause negative outcomes associated with medication and a decrease in therapeutic adherence. This fact is noteworthy in rural areas where the population is particularly aged. Compliance aids system, elaborated according to specific working protocols and standards, can be a suitable tool to address this issue. Method: we have adapted our regional working protocol by focusing on the analysis of the pharmacotherapy, pharmaceutical dosage form splitting and stability, including and initial medication review and assessment of the patient. Medication and drug-related problems were also assessed according to this procedure. Results: most of the ascribed patients were polymedicated women over 75 years of age. Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes were found to be the most prevalent pathologies, while 80% of the patients were taking, at least, one drug at irregular dosing intervals. Less than 5% of the prescribed dosage forms were not suitable for reconditioning in compliance aids systems. We detected 77 drug-related problems, adverse drug reactions being the most frequently recorded. Therapeutic adherence increased from 28.2% to 79.5% after six months. Conclusions: compliance aids system elaboration is a complex process, which should be individualized for each patient. These devices may be useful to improve therapeutic adherence in polymedicated aged patients.

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          Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines and overdose: retrospective analysis

          Objectives To identify trends in concurrent use of a benzodiazepine and an opioid and to identify the impact of these trends on admissions to hospital and emergency room visits for opioid overdose. Design Retrospective analysis of claims data, 2001-13. Setting Administrative health claims database. Participants 315 428 privately insured people aged 18-64 who were continuously enrolled in a health plan with medical and pharmacy benefits during the study period and who also filled at least one prescription for an opioid. Interventions Concurrent benzodiazepine/opioid use, defined as an overlap of at least one day in the time periods covered by prescriptions for each drug. Main outcome measures Annual percentage of opioid users with concurrent benzodiazepine use; annual incidence of visits to emergency room and inpatient admissions for opioid overdose. Results 9% of opioid users also used a benzodiazepine in 2001, increasing to 17% in 2013 (80% relative increase). This increase was driven mainly by increases among intermittent, as opposed to chronic, opioid users. Compared with opioid users who did not use benzodiazepines, concurrent use of both drugs was associated with an increased risk of an emergency room visit or inpatient admission for opioid overdose (adjusted odds ratio 2.14, 95% confidence interval 2.05 to 2.24; P<0.001) among all opioid users. The adjusted odds ratio for an emergency room visit or inpatient admission for opioid overdose was 1.42 (1.33 to 1.51; P<0.001) for intermittent opioid users and 1.81 (1.67 to 1.96; P<0.001) chronic opioid users. If this association is causal, elimination of concurrent benzodiazepine/opioid use could reduce the risk of emergency room visits related to opioid use and inpatient admissions for opioid overdose by an estimated 15% (95% confidence interval 14 to 16). Conclusions From 2001 to 2013, concurrent benzodiazepine/opioid use sharply increased in a large sample of privately insured patients in the US and significantly contributed to the overall population risk of opioid overdose.
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                Journal
                pharmcare
                Pharmaceutical Care España
                Pharm Care Esp.
                Fundación Pharmaceutical Care España (Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain )
                1139-6202
                2794-1140
                February 2023
                : 25
                : 1
                : 19-36
                Affiliations
                [2] Albacete orgname España
                [3] orgnameUniversidad de Castilla-La Mancha orgdiv1Facultad de Farmacia Spain
                [1] Tiriez Albacete orgname España
                Article
                S2794-11402023000100003 S2794-1140(23)02500100003
                10.60103/phc.v25i1.792
                c7bdcd93-9068-4e69-be24-c0a3350c4678

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 13 January 2023
                : 03 November 2022
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                servicios farmacéuticos asistenciales,multi compartmental compliance aids,clinical pharmacy services,Therapeutic adherence,sistemas personalizados de dosificación,Adherencia terapéutica

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