Melissa J Smith, Hon K Yuen, Lindsey Davenport-Landry, Julia O'Donnell, Ibsa Abdi, Floyd Josephat, Jie Gao
Attitudes toward research and scholarly activities among medical laboratory science professionals in the United States
Laboratory medicine
benznidazole bnz drug available etiological treatment chagas disease however drug toxic limited effectiveness chronic phase disease often leading poor treatment adherence descriptive exploratory study conducted pharmaceutical care service chagas disease patients federal university cear drugrelated problems drps pharmaceutical interventions pis classified according second consensus granada average age patients chagas disease 62 years majority residing cear countryside 867 low education levels 633 elementary school education regarding family income patients belonged household earned 12 times minimum wage per month approximately 73 patients complied bnz treatment nearly 7 underwent therapy interruption medical evaluation total 189 drps identified 519 n98 classified potential 481 n91 actual frequent drps related safety qualitative safety n70 37 necessity nonadherence n52 275 effectiveness qualitative effectivenessnonoptimal drug selection n45 238 among 216 pis conducted majority related patient education n168 778 pharmacological strategy n42 194 study indicates need pharmacotherapeutic monitoring patients chagas high number therapeutic interventions drps approximately 3 drpspatient bnz adherence polypharmacy