TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence based information on drug use during pregnancy
T2 - A survey of community pharmacists in three countries
AU - Lyszkiewicz, Dorothy A.
AU - Einarson, Thomas R.
AU - Koren, Gideon
AU - Einarson, Adrienne
AU - Gerichhausen, Suzanne
AU - Björnsdóttir, Ingunn
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Objective: To evaluate whether community pharmacists provide evidence-based information to women inquiring about specific drug use during pregnancy. Design: A trained female student posing as a surrogate shopper requested information about the relative safety/risks of medications during pregnancy in two scenarios. Forty randomly selected pharmacies were surveyed in the Netherlands, Canada and Iceland, and pharmacists' recommendations were noted. Main outcome measures included the type of information that was provided, its presentation, and the source of information used. Results: A relatively small proportion of pharmacists surveyed, provided evidence-based information regarding the drugs in question. Only 14% referred to current medical literature, while 60% consulted the product monograph. Over 90% of pharmacists referred the client to a physician. Conclusions: Community pharmacists do not disseminate evidence-based recommendations when counseling women on drug use in pregnancy, and need further education on resources concerning drugs in pregnancy that are currently available.
AB - Objective: To evaluate whether community pharmacists provide evidence-based information to women inquiring about specific drug use during pregnancy. Design: A trained female student posing as a surrogate shopper requested information about the relative safety/risks of medications during pregnancy in two scenarios. Forty randomly selected pharmacies were surveyed in the Netherlands, Canada and Iceland, and pharmacists' recommendations were noted. Main outcome measures included the type of information that was provided, its presentation, and the source of information used. Results: A relatively small proportion of pharmacists surveyed, provided evidence-based information regarding the drugs in question. Only 14% referred to current medical literature, while 60% consulted the product monograph. Over 90% of pharmacists referred the client to a physician. Conclusions: Community pharmacists do not disseminate evidence-based recommendations when counseling women on drug use in pregnancy, and need further education on resources concerning drugs in pregnancy that are currently available.
KW - Carbamazepine
KW - Counseling
KW - Fluoxetine
KW - Metronidazole
KW - Pharmacist
KW - Pregnancy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034986754&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/A:1011227718654
DO - 10.1023/A:1011227718654
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C2 - 11411449
AN - SCOPUS:0034986754
SN - 0928-1231
VL - 23
SP - 76
EP - 81
JO - Pharmacy World and Science
JF - Pharmacy World and Science
IS - 2
ER -