Reasons pregnant people use cannabis to self-treat health conditions during pregnancy: Results from a US population-based survey.

Introduction: Little is known about reasons pregnant people self-treat health conditions and pregnancy-related symptoms with cannabis.

Methods: We administered a cross-sectional survey to 3571 pregnant and recently pregnant people from US population-based panels. Participants who used cannabis at some point during pregnancy were asked which health conditions or symptoms they used cannabis to treat and reasons they used cannabis for self-treatment.

Mandatory Warning Signs for Cannabis: Perspectives and Preferences of Pregnant and Recently Pregnant People Who Use Cannabis.

Background: Five U.S. states where recreational cannabis is legal require Mandatory Warning Signs for cannabis use during pregnancy (MWS-cannabis) to be posted in cannabis dispensaries.

Impact of pharmacist-evaluated clinical decision support system alerts on potentially missing or inappropriately prescribed proton pump inhibitors at hospital discharge: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Background: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are among the most prescribed drugs. A clinical decision support system (CDSS) could improve their rational use.

Aim: The impact of an electronic algorithm (e-algorithm) implemented in a CDSS on potentially missing or inappropriately prescribed PPIs at hospital discharge, its specificity and sensitivity, and the outcome of the alerts issued were analysed.

Development and validation of a clinical decision support system to prevent anticoagulant duplications.

Background And Objective: Unintended duplicate prescriptions of anticoagulants increase the risk of serious adverse events. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSSs) can help prevent such medication errors; however, sophisticated algorithms are needed to avoid alert fatigue. This article describes the steps taken in our hospital to develop a CDSS to prevent anticoagulant duplication (AD).

Evaluation of Triple Whammy Prescriptions After the Implementation of a Drug Safety Algorithm.

Background And Objective: The term triple whammy (TW) refers to the concomitant use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, diuretics, and angiotensin system inhibitors; this combination significantly increases the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI). To prevent this serious complication, we developed an electronic algorithm that detects TW prescriptions in patients with additional risk factors such as old age and impaired kidney function. The algorithm alerts a clinical pharmacist who then evaluates and forwards the alert to the prescribing physician.