Carney G, Bassett K, Maclure M, Taylor S, Dormuth CR Addiction. 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14951 Abstract Background and aims: Pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation are widely prescribed, despite substantial concerns being raised regarding the potential increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) and neuropsychiatric adverse events associated with these treatments. This study aimed to … [Read more...]
Identifying sequential episodes of pharmacotherapy as a method for assessing treatment failure in comparative effectiveness research
Carney, G, Maclure, M, Bassett, K, Taylor, S, Dormuth, CR Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2019; 1– 9. https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.4926 Abstract Purpose To describe and implement a novel method of measuring comparative effectiveness using sequential episodes of pharmacotherapy as a proxy for treatment failure. Methods Retrospective cohort study using linked deidentified data from the British … [Read more...]