Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)
· 5 papers in corpus
2025
The use of hormonal contraceptives is essential to ensure effective and safe contraception. However, factors such as inadequate prescription, poor adherence, or lack of information can lead to drug-related problems (DRPs) and negative outco…
2022
Birth Control Use and Access Including Pharmacist-Prescribed Contraception Services during COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic influenced health care with effects on contraception access emerging. The study objectives were to analyze pandemic impacts on birth control (BC) use and access; and evaluate perceptions of pharmacist-prescribed BC. A …
2020
In the United States, the overall unintended pregnancy rate is about 45%. Women between 20-24 years old account for 59% of the unintended pregnancies. Continuous birth control use is related to decreasing unintended pregnancies. Therefore, …
2020
The choice of contraceptive method should be based on patient specific factors, patient preference, and method-specific properties. In this article, we review opportunities for an inpatient clinical pharmacist to assist in the selection and…
2020
The profile of the profession of pharmacists has profoundly changed over the last decades. Pharmacy education has moved towards competency-based education. The pharmacy game, called GIMMICS®, developed at the University of Groningen, is uni…