Alfonso Dominguez-Gil

• University of Salamanca

Diuretics are considered to be agents of first choice when treating hypertension in the elderly because of their clinical efficacy and, in particular, their low cost. Indeed, the latter consideration has been used by health resource managers to promote the use of diuretics. However, when considering the costs of treating hypertension in a populatio...

Hyperhidrosis may be an adverse drug event (ADE) induced by the effect on any of the components of human thermoregulation. Some of our efavirenz (EFV)-treated patients have reported excessive nocturnal sweating that resolved after dose reduction. A representative clinical case of a male patient being treated with a night-time 600-mg dose of EFV who...

Background and objective To determine the incidence of adverse drug events (ADE) in hospitalized patients, identify those that were potentially preventable, and asses the drug classes involved, the clinical symptoms and the type of medication errors that led to the preventable ADE. Patients and method An observational study of ADE prevalence in ho...

To determine the incidence of adverse drug events (ADE) in hospitalized patients, identify those that were potentially preventable, and asses the drug classes involved, the clinical symptoms and the type of medication errors that led to the preventable ADE. An observational study of ADE prevalence in hospitalized patients in internal medicine, pneu...

To carry out a cost-utility analysis of the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) with azathioprine (Imurel) or beta interferon (all, Avonex, Rebif and Betaferon). Pharmacoeconomic Markov model comparing treatment options by simulating the life of a hypothetical cohort of women aged 30, from the societal perspective. The transi...