Benzodiazepine prescribing guideline adherence and misuse potential in Irish minors.

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dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Kevin D.
dc.contributor.authorSahm, Laura J.
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorByrne, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-08T15:01:26Z
dc.date.available2018-05-08T15:01:26Z
dc.date.issued2015-06-04
dc.date.updated2018-05-04T07:24:28Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: The Good Prescribing Practice for Clinicians guidelines were published in 2002 in Ireland to guide General Practitioners about prescribing benzodiazepines. There has been no research to-date to measure compliance by General Practitioners. Inappropriate prescribing to minors may result in increased use or misuse of benzodiazepines. Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prescribing of benzodiazepines to minors in Ireland against the Good Prescribing Practice for Clinicians guidelines. Method: Data for medicines dispensed between January 2009 and December 2012 from the Health Intelligence Ireland database were accessed and analysed. This database contains information about government-subsidised community-pharmacy-dispensed medicines. Results: Benzodiazepine prescribing to minors increased by 10.2 % between 2009 and 2012. Almost 15 % of patients (n = 2193) were prescribed benzodiazepines for greater than four weeks; which contravenes the guidelines. Approximately half (51.4 %) of prescribers who contravened this guideline, prescribed all their benzodiazepines in quantities of greater than one week, against the recommendations of the guidelines. Conclusion: The consequences of prescribing against National Guidelines can result in patients who become long-term benzodiazepine users and thus place an increased burden upon the healthcare system. The reasons for non-compliance by GPs should be investigated to find solutions.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationMurphy, K. D., Sahm, L. J., McCarthy, S. and Byrne, S. (2015) 'Benzodiazepine prescribing guideline adherence and misuse potential in Irish minors', International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 37(5), pp. 749-752. doi: 10.1007/s11096-015-0138-8en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11096-015-0138-8
dc.identifier.endpage752en
dc.identifier.issn2210-7711
dc.identifier.issued5en
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Journal of Clinical Pharmacyen
dc.identifier.startpage749en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6041
dc.identifier.volume37en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen
dc.rights© Koninklijke Nederlandse Maatschappij ter bevordering der Pharmacie 2015. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-015-0138-8en
dc.subjectBenzodiazepinesen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectAdolescentsen
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.subjectDrug utilisationen
dc.titleBenzodiazepine prescribing guideline adherence and misuse potential in Irish minors.en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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