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Assessment of WHO antibiotic consumption and access targets in 76 countries, 2000–15: an analysis of pharmaceutical sales data by Klein, Eili Y, Milkowska-Shibata, Maja, Tseng, Katie K, Sharland, Mike, Gandra, Sumanth, Pulcini, Céline, Laxminarayan, Ramanan

“…The WHO Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) antibiotic classification framework aims to balance appropriate access to antibiotics and stewardship. We aimed to…”
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Effect of polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications and anticholinergic burden on clinical outcomes: a retrospective cohort study by Lu, Wan-Hsuan, Wen, Yu-Wen, Chen, Liang-Kung, Hsiao, Fei-Yuan

“…Polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications and anticholinergic burden (as assessed by the anticholinergic risk scale) are commonly used as quality…”
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International trends in clozapine use: a study in 17 countries by Bachmann, C. J., Aagaard, L., Bernardo, M., Brandt, L., Cartabia, M., Clavenna, A., Coma Fusté, A., Furu, K., Garuoliené, K., Hoffmann, F., Hollingworth, S., Huybrechts, K. F., Kalverdijk, L. J., Kawakami, K., Kieler, H., Kinoshita, T., López, S. C., Machado‐Alba, J. E., Machado‐Duque, M. E., Mahesri, M., Nishtala, P. S., Piovani, D., Reutfors, J., Saastamoinen, L. K., Sato, I., Schuiling‐Veninga, C. C. M., Shyu, Y.‐C., Siskind, D., Skurtveit, S., Verdoux, H., Wang, L.‐J., Zara Yahni, C., Zoëga, H., Taylor, D.

“…Objective There is some evidence that clozapine is significantly underutilised. Also, clozapine use is thought to vary by country, but so far no international…”
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Medication Use in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Changes from 2010 to 2018 by Stark, Ashley, Smith, P. Brian, Hornik, Christoph P., Zimmerman, Kanecia O., Hornik, Chi D., Pradeep, Sidart, Clark, Reese H., Benjamin, Daniel K., Laughon, Matthew, Greenberg, Rachel G.

“…To provide up-to-date medication prescribing patterns in US neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and to examine trends in prescribing patterns over time. We…”
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Policy statement on antimicrobial stewardship by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)

“…Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as a significant healthcare quality and patient safety issue in the twenty-first century that, combined with a rapidly…”
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Antidepressants Use Among Pregnant Women in Denmark From 2001 to 2023: A Population‐Level Drug Utilization Study by Andersen, Anne‐Johanne, Enevoldsen, Kasper Nørlund, Enevoldsen, Anne Sophie, Gram, Erika B., Damkier, Per

“…ABSTRACT We evaluated trends in antidepressant use among pregnant women in Denmark from 2001 to 2023, comparing them with a matched comparison group from the…”
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Acetaminophen in Pregnancy: A Population‐Level Drug‐Utilization Study of Prescription‐Based Acetaminophen Use Among Pregnant Women in Denmark From 2001 to 2023 by Pflugfelder, S., Gram, E. B., Damkier, P.

“…ABSTRACT Acetaminophen is the most used analgetic drug for pain management during pregnancy. A recent academic controversy concerns the safety of acetaminophen…”
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Global antibiotic consumption 2000 to 2010: an analysis of national pharmaceutical sales data by Van Boeckel, Thomas P, Gandra, Sumanth, Ashok, Ashvin, Caudron, Quentin, Grenfell, Bryan T, Levin, Simon A, Laxminarayan, Ramanan

“…Antibiotic drug consumption is a major driver of antibiotic resistance. Variations in antibiotic resistance across countries are attributable, in part, to…”
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Association between medical cannabis laws and opioid overdose mortality has reversed over time by Shover, Chelsea L, Davis, Corey S, Gordon, Sanford C, Humphreys, Keith

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Achieving global targets for antimicrobial resistance by Laxminarayan, Ramanan, Sridhar, Devi, Blaser, Martin, Wang, Minggui, Woolhouse, Mark

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Trends in gabapentinoid prescribing: A nationwide Danish drug utilization study by Pottegård, Anton, Rasmussen, Lotte, Olesen, Morten, Skov Sørensen, Anne Mette, Ennis, Zandra Nymand, Kane, Joseph, Baxter, Sarah, Hicks, Blánaid

“…Aims Pregabalin and gabapentin are increasingly used for pain and other conditions. Concerns exist about overuse as well as potential misuse and abuse. To…”
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Use of and barriers to access to opioid analgesics: a worldwide, regional, and national study by Berterame, Stefano, Erthal, Juliana, Thomas, Johny, Fellner, Sarah, Vosse, Benjamin, Clare, Philip, Hao, Wei, Johnson, David T, Mohar, Alejandro, Pavadia, Jagjit, Samak, Ahmed Kamal Eldin, Sipp, Werner, Sumyai, Viroj, Suryawati, Sri, Toufiq, Jallal, Yans, Raymond, Mattick, Richard P

“…Despite opioid analgesics being essential for pain relief, use has been inadequate in many countries. We aim to provide up-to-date worldwide, regional, and…”
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Sedative load and anticholinergic burden among older adults in Slovenia over a decade: Potential for optimization of pharmacotherapy by Jazbar, Janja, Locatelli, Igor, Kos, Mitja

“…This study investigates the 10-year trend in the sedative and anticholinergic burden among older adults in Slovenia, with the aim of identifying opportunities…”
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Ten‐year analgesic utilization patterns and economic implications in Portugal by Duarte, Nuno, Martins, João Paulo, García‐Pedraza, Jose‐Ángel, Santos, Marlene

“…Aims This study evaluated the 10‐year consumption and economic patterns of classical analgesics, adjuvants and opioids in Portugal (2012‐2022), and conducted a…”
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Trends in utilization of tramadol and other opioids in Denmark 2017–2023: A nationwide drug utilization study by Rasmussen, Lotte, Ernst, Martin Thomsen, Forberg, Solveig, Pottegård, Anton, Søndergaard, Jens, Sørensen, Anne Mette Skov

“…The use of tramadol and other opioids for pain management has been accompanied by a multitude of challenges and concerns worldwide. The use of tramadol saw a…”
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Comparing outpatient oral antibiotic use in Germany and the Netherlands from 2012 to 2016 by Gradl, Gabriele, Teichert, Martina, Kieble, Marita, Werning, Johanna, Schulz, Martin

“…Purpose Overuse of antibiotics is of concern, but may differ between European countries. This study compares outpatient use of oral antibiotics between Germany…”
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Effect of a “pill mill” law on opioid prescribing and utilization: The case of Texas by Lyapustina, Tatyana, Rutkow, Lainie, Chang, Hsien-Yen, Daubresse, Matthew, Ramji, Alim F., Faul, Mark, Stuart, Elizabeth A., Alexander, G. Caleb

“…•We model the impact of Texas’s 2010 ‘pill mill’ law.•We examine changes in morphine equivalent dose (MED), opioid volume, and number of prescriptions and…”
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Nationwide utilization of antidepressants and anxiolytics during pandemic restrictions: results from the Trends in Drug Utilization During COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey (PANDUTI-TR) study by Vizdiklar, Caner, Aydin, Volkan, Yilmaz, Hakan, Akici, Ahmet

“…The prevalence of mental health disorders rose when the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was most pronounced, potentially altering the consumption of…”
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Antibiotic consumption in Shandong Province, China: an analysis of provincial pharmaceutical centralized bidding procurement data at public healthcare institutions, 2012-16 by Yin, Jia, Li, Qinwei, Sun, Qiang

“…To explore the trends of antibiotic consumption in public healthcare institutions through analysing the provincial centralized bidding procurement (CBP) data…”
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An update on the clinical consequences of polypharmacy in older adults: a narrative review by Wastesson, Jonas W., Morin, Lucas, Tan, Edwin C.K., Johnell, Kristina

“…Introduction: Polypharmacy, the use of multiple medications by one individual, is increasingly common among older adults. Caring for the growing number of…”
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