Adverse drug reactions in Colombian patients, 2007-2013: Analysis of population databases.

Introduction: Recognizing adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is becoming more important in clinical practice. 

Objective: To determine the frequency of adverse drug reactions and ADR suspicions among the population affiliated to the Colombian health system and to describe the drugs, reactions and associated variables. 

Materials And Methods: We revised ADRs and ADRs suspicion databases from drugs dispensed by Audifarma, S.

Social, cultural and economic factors associated with self-medication.

Introduction: Self-medication is an increasingly frequent phenomenon worldwide; some studies suggest that there is a relationship with socio-economic and cultural factors.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of self-medication and its related factors in a Colombian city.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study, in Pereira, Colombia.

An economic analysis of inadequate prescription of antiulcer medications for in-hospital patients at a third level institution in Colombia.

Introduction: The prescription and costs of antiulcer medications for in-hospital use have increased during recent years with reported inadequate use and underused.

Aim: To determine the patterns of prescription-indication and also perform an economic analysis of the overcost caused by the non-justified use of antiulcer medications in a third level hospital in Colombia.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional study of prescription-indication of antiulcer medications for patients hospitalized in "Hospital Universitario San Jorge" of Pereira during July of 2012.