Inflammatory Bowel Disease Pharmacist Adherence Counseling Improves Medication Adherence in Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

Background: While inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) require long-term medication usage to maintain remission, nonadherence is common and adversely associated with poorer clinical outcomes. Personalized IBD Pharmacist Adherence Counselling, based on the Health Beliefs Model of medication perception, may increase medication adherence.

Methods: This prospective multi-center longitudinal parallel study recruited consecutive IBD subjects that were classified as baseline medication non-adherers and adherers.

Pediatric-to-adult Transition and Medication Adherence in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Background: Medication nonadherence is common in inflammatory bowel disease and is associated with poor outcomes. There has been no study on pediatric-to-adult transition as a risk factor for nonadherence in inflammatory bowel disease, which has been demonstrated in other diseases. We aimed to assess whether transitioned (TR) patients have higher nonadherence rates than young adults (YAs) diagnosed in adulthood.

Statin use in Australian children: a retrospective audit of four pediatric hospitals.

Aim: The aim of this study was to perform an audit of the use of statins in Australian pediatric hospitals.

Methods: A retrospective audit of patients prescribed statins during a visit to a pediatric hospital, as in- or outpatients, was performed in four major children's hospitals in three Australian states. Patients were identified through hospital pharmacy dispensing records.