Primary care monitoring of patients under oral anticoagulation.

Introduction And Objectives: With the advent of new oral anticoagulants that do not require regular laboratory control but are significantly more expensive, there has been renewed interest in the quality of the classic agents and the monitoring of patients taking them. We set out to analyze time in therapeutic range of patients under oral anticoagulation monitored in our health unit, to determine whether primary care monitoring is comparable to that in anticoagulation clinics. At the same time, we aimed to ascertain whether there was any association between the dosing method (unit protocol vs.

[SwapINN: analytic study about prescription swaps at pharmacies].

Introduction: In order to cut spending, compulsory INN prescription was suggested in Portugal during 2012. This instigated discussion among stakeholders in the matter. The authors studied prescription-dispensing dynamics in a real population.