| アブストラクト | AIM: To assess label compliance in prescription of medications approved for treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Japan at the time of this study: methylphenidate (MPH), atomoxetine, and guanfacine. METHODS: Retrospective descriptive study was conducted in prevalent-user cohorts from the Japan Medical Data Center database. Patients who were prescribed a study drug between January 1, 2013 and September 30, 2018 and were in the database for >/=30 days were included. A prescription was considered compliant if all 4 criteria were satisfied: appropriate age, daily dose not exceeding the approved maximum, no contraindicated concurrent medications, and no contraindicated conditions. RESULTS: Among 17 418 patients who were prescribed a study drug during 2013-2018, 73% were male and 53% were children (aged <18 years). Fewer than 2% of prescriptions were for patients outside the approved age, 10%-13% of patients in the atomoxetine and MPH cohorts received >/=1 prescription exceeding maximum approved dose, no patients were co-prescribed a contraindicated medication, and 16%-18% of patients in the MPH cohorts had >/=1 contraindicated condition. During their first 500 days of use, for approximately 73%-86% of patients, all prescriptions were compliant with all label requirements. CONCLUSIONS: Among patients exposed to ADHD medications in Japan during 2013-2018, nearly all prescriptions for these medications were label-compliant for age. For >85% of patients, all prescriptions were label-compliant for dose, and for approximately 80%, all prescriptions were label-compliant for contraindicated conditions. We did not find evidence of widespread abuse or noncompliant use of prescribed ADHD medications. |
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| ジャーナル名 | Neuropsychopharmacology reports |
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| 投稿日 | 2021/6/29 |
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| 投稿者 | Fife, Daniel; Voss, Erica A; Hardin, Jill; Rofael, Hany; Solomon, Ira D; Ryan, Patrick B; Stang, Paul |
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| 組織名 | Department of Epidemiology, Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Titusville, NJ,;USA.;Established Products, Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Titusville, NJ, USA. |
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| Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34180161/ |
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