| Carbidopa/levodopa pharmacy errors in Parkinson's disease. | |
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PMID: 20818662 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Outpatient pharmacy errors are common, but little is known about their occurrence in Parkinson's disease (PD). We prospectively studied carbidopa/levodopa pharmacy errors in a cohort of PD outpatients. Over 1 year, pharmacy errors occurred in 8/73 (11%) subjects treated with this medication, producing adverse drug events (ADEs) in 7/8 (87.5%) and increased healthcare utilization in 6/8 (75%) cases. The most common errors were substitution of controlled-release for immediate-release carbidopa/levodopa 25/100 mg (5/8; 62.5%) or dispensation of the wrong carbidopa/levodopa dosage (2/8; 25%). All errors involved ongoing prescriptions, including three interpharmacy transfers. Three subjects (37.5%) questioned pharmacy staff about the change in appearance of the tablets, but the error was corrected in only 1/3 of these cases. Carbidopa/levodopa outpatient pharmacy errors are a common, preventable cause of morbidity and excessive healthcare utilization in PD. Education of healthcare providers, patients, and pharmacy staff is warranted to reduce these errors and associated ADEs. |
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Nasim R Khadem; Melissa J Nirenberg |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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Title: Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society Volume: 25 ISSN: 1531-8257 ISO Abbreviation: Mov. Disord. Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-12-17 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8610688 Medline TA: Mov Disord Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 2867-71 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2010 Movement Disorder Society. |
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Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA. |
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