Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "Drug Information"

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    • A Human Model of Small Fiber Neuropathy to Study Wound Healing 

      Illigens, Ben Min-Woo; Gibbons, Christopher H (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      The aim of this study was to develop a human model of acute wound healing that isolated the effects of small fiber neuropathy on the healing process. Twenty-five healthy subjects had the transient receptor vanilloid 1 ...

    • Indication Alerts Intercept Drug Name Confusion Errors during Computerized Entry of Medication Orders 

      Galanter, William L.; Bryson, Michelle L.; Falck, Suzanne; Rosenfield, Rachel; Laragh, Marci; Shrestha, Neeha; Schiff, Gordon D.; Lambert, Bruce L. (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Background: Confusion between similar drug names is a common cause of potentially harmful medication errors. Interventions to prevent these errors at the point of prescribing have had limited success. The purpose of this ...

    • Pharmacointeraction Network Models Predict Unknown Drug-Drug Interactions 

      Cami, Aurel; Manzi, Shannon; Arnold, Alana; Reis, Ben Y. (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Drug-drug interactions (DDIs) can lead to serious and potentially lethal adverse events. In recent years, several drugs have been withdrawn from the market due to interaction-related adverse events (AEs). Current methods ...

    • A Prescription for Improving Drug Formulary Decision Making 

      Schiff, Gordon; Galanter, William L.; Duhig, Jay; Koronkowski, Michael J.; Lodolce, Amy E.; Pontikes, Pam; Busker, John; Touchette, Daniel; Walton, Surrey; Lambert, Bruce L. (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Gordon Schiff and colleagues present a new tool and checklist to help formularies make decisions about drug inclusion and to guide rational drug use.