Clinical utility of serum concentrations of adalimumab as predictor of treatment adherence.

Objective: to evaluate the usefulness of serum concentrations (Sc) of adalimumab (ADA) as a predictor of medication adherence using the medication possession ratio (MPR) and Morisky Green test (MGT) in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases.

Material And Method: Design a prospective descriptive cohort study.

Inclusion Criteria: adult patients diagnosed with inflammatory arthropathy (IA) or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treated with ADA.

[Assessing an algorithm for the therapeutic swapping of calcium antagonists].

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Therapeutic swapping is one of the activities a Pharmacist ascribed to a Unitary Dose area should undertake. The goal of this work is to assess the impact the definition of a clearly laid-out criteria algorithm for therapeutic swapping regarding calcium antagonists. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study periods spanned from January to December 2000 before algorithm delivery and from January to April 2001, once the algorithm was in operation.