Publications by authors named "Cecile Bottois"
The French Health Authority recently published guidelines about patient self-administration of medications for voluntary hospitalized patients under medical supervision. This study aimed to assess medication management practices in our hospital and provide recommendations for self-administration medication. A prospective monocentric study was performed from January to June 2023, involving patient and nurse surveys based on the guidelines from the French Health Authority.
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- The study aimed to assess how a clinical pharmacist's consultation affects the decision of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases to switch to biosimilars compared to those who did not receive this consultation.
- It involved analyzing 141 adult patients, revealing that those who had a consultation were more likely to switch to biosimilars (69.4% vs 41.1%).
- Although there was a good initial switch rate, retention of patients on biosimilars after one year was slightly lower in the intervention group (72.5% vs 81.3%), indicating the need for further research on the long-term effects of pharmacist consultations.