A 1 -A 3 1 8 tive. Results: A total of 1176 usable responses were obtained. Approximately 59% of respondents agreed that rescheduling would alter their pain management, 33% agreed that administrative burden would prevent them from prescribing C-II opioids and 24% agreed that ordering prescription pads will deter them from prescribing HCPs. Chi-square analyses indicated that physicians' medication prescribing for acute NCP was significantly associated with practice type (χ 2 = 71.11, p< 0.0001), race (χ 2 = 13.13, p= 0.001) and age (χ 2 = 8.50, p= 0.014). Prescribing for chronic NCP was significantly associated with practice type (χ 2 = 53.77, p< 0.0001). Overall, physicians were most likely to prescribe acetaminophen/codeine for acute NCP (33.56%) and tramadol for chronic NCP (40.43%) after rescheduling. ConClusions: After rescheduling, physicians were more likely to prescribe acetaminophen/codeine or tramadol over HCPs for NCP management. This may result in reduced efficacy, adverse events and drug-drug interactions associated treatment alternatives in addition to added clinical and economic burden. Future studies evaluating provider behaviors and NCP management outcomes are warranted.
the prescription with 137 (40%) events; the major cause was lapse/distracting in 161 (47%) errors. The most frequent error type was medication omission 143 (41%). All errors were categorized without damage. A total 316 pharmaceutical interventions were performed, preventing 47 clinical complications, this results in annual avoided cost of 97,247.92 USD, the cost saving amount per avoided complications were 2,069.10 USD and a saving per patient of 1,144.09 USD. ConClusions: Early detection of medication errors by pharmacists intervention improves the safety of pharmacotherapy, ensures the effectiveness and prevents issues to the patient, furthermore, reduces costs by optimizing resources, providing just the necessary therapy and avoiding complications which could increase direct medical cost.
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