Pharmacoepidemiology

by Stanley Edlavitch

Overview

This volume is comprised of papers presented at the Third International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology, held September 9-11, 1987, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The book is divided into four sections, which reflect the four themes of the conference: Social Impact of Pharmacoepidemiology; Drug Epidemiology and the Law; Drug Surveillance; and Drugs, Populations, and Outcomes: Specific Studies. The collection of papers discusses the social and legal impact of epidemiology, the system of checks and balances that is necessary for the field, the importance of core support for researchers, and the goal of an enlightened and informed public, including the media, consumer advocates, and the courts. Contributing authors offer perspectives from academia, practice, government, industry and the law. Numerous tables and figures are included to illustrate many of the papers within the text. This book offers substantial reading for epidemiologists and individuals interested in the field of pharmacoepidemiology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873711296
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/1989
Series:	Pharmacoepidemiology Series
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edlavitch\, Stanley

Table of Contents

Section One: Social Impact of Pharmacoepidemiology 1. Pharmacoepidemiology and Public Policy 2. Risk Assessment of New Drugs, Pharmacoepidemiology, and Regulatory Decisionmaking 3. Industry Perspectives and the Contributions of Pharmacoepidemiology to Public Health Section Two: Drug Epidemiology and the Law 4. Impact of Drug Products Liability on Needs for Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies and Expertise 5. Epidemiology in the Courtroom: Anatomy of an Intellectual Embarrassment Section Three: Drug Surveillance 6. A Brief Review of the Yellow Card Adverse Reaction Reporting Scheme in the United Kingdom 7. Frequency Analysis of Spontaneous Reports from Different Countries: The Example of Continental Western Europe 8. Evaluation of First Year Experience of a State Pilot Project to Promote Physician Reporting of Adverse Drug Events to the Food and Drug Administration 9. Monitoring System for Adverse Events Following Immunization: Risk Factors for Convulsions after Vaccination 10. Application of a New Method for Adverse Experience Monitoring to Premarketing Studies on Two New Drugs: Some Experiences 11. A Nationwide Drug Surveillance Network 12. The Pharmacoepidemiology Data Base of the Brigham and Women's Hospital 13. Overcoming Limitations of Routine Surveillance of Drug Overdose 14. Current Status of the Saskatchewan Prescription Drug Plan 15. Early Experience with the COMPASS Data Base 16. Postmarketing Surveillance in Tayside: A Further Assessment of Record Linkage Using Five Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs Section Four: Drugs, Populations, and Outcomes: Specific Studies 17. Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding 18. Impact of Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Agents on General Gastrointestinal Upset in an Elderly Population 19. NSAIDs as a Cause of Morbidity and Mortality from Peptic Ulcer Complications in New South Wales 20. The Relationship Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Risk of Cancer, Controlling for the Effect of Drugs, in Hospitalized Patients of Saskatchewan, Canada 21. Collaborative Study of the Effects of Acyclovir in Pregnancy 22. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Human Growth Hormone, and Its Replacement with Synthetic Growth Hormone 23. Retrovir: The Challenge of Postmarketing Surveillance 24. Differences in Psychotropic Medications Reported Used by Blacks and Whites 25. The Dunedin Program: A Longitudinal Study of Aging 26. Psychotropic Drug Use and Health Outcomes in Nursing Homes 27. What is the Cost of Nephrotoxicity Associated with Aminoglycosides?

Editorial Reviews

Contains work presented at the Third International Conference on [title] held Sept. 1987, in Minneapolis, MN. Treats the social and legal impact of epidemiology, the system of checks and balances that is necessary for the field, the importance of core support for researchers, and the goal of an enlightened and informed public, including the media, consumer advocates, and the courts. The preface does not indicate the contents or timing of future volumes in this set (series?). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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