Bibliography - Selected Editorials/Letters
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Selected Editorials/Letters
- Low-level prescribing not necessarily good prescribing
Teeling-Smith G
Prescriber (July 1990); 37-42 - Addressing drug discontinuation using the VAMP research data bank
Lis Y, Chukwujindu J, Cockburn I
Therapie (1993); 48: 427 - Is co-trimoxazole safe? (letter)
Jick H, Derby LE
Lancet (1995); 345: 1118-1119 - Haemophilus influenza vaccine (letter)
Jick H, Withers JM, Dean AD
Br J Gen Pract (1995); 45(391): 107 - Risk of acute myocardial infarction and low-dose combined oral contraceptives (letter)
Jick H, Jick SS, Myers MW, Vasilakis C
Lancet (1996); 347: 627-628 - A Database worth saving (commentary)
Jick H
Lancet (1997); 350: 1045-1046 - General Practice Research Database for prescribing analysis (letter)
Frischer M, Chapman S, Bashford J, Norwood J, Heatlie H
Lancet (1998); 351: 453-454 - Conceptions and terminations after the 1995 warning about oral contraceptives (letter)
Furedi A, Paintin D
Lancet (1998); 352: 323-324 - Seasonal variations in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (letter)
Meier CR
J Am Coll Cardiol (1998); 32: 2103-2104 - Oral contraception and health
Vessey MP
Br J Gen Pract (October 1998); 1639-1640 - Pharmacovigilance into 2000
McNamee D
Lancet (1999); 354: 1406 - Prescription of proton pump inhibitors: indications may be more specific than suggested by GP records (letter)
Mant J, Murphy MFG, Vessey MP
Br Med J (1999); 318: 534
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7182/534 - Antidepressants and upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Li Wan Po A
Br Med J (1999); 319: 1081-1082
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7217/1081 - DoH seems to have underestimated incidence of venous thromboembolism in users of combined oral contraceptives (letter)
Lawrenson RA, Whalley A, Simpson E, Farmer RDT
Br Med J (1999); 319: 387
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7206/387 - Drug treatments that reduce fracture rate are underused after vertebral fractures (letter)
Torgerson DJ, Dolan P
Br Med J (1999); 318: 1698
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7199/1698 - Third generation oral contraceptives: Caution is still justified (editorial)
Skegg DCG
Br Med J (2000); 321: 190-191
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7255/190 - Pitfalls of pharmacoepidemiology (editorial)
Skegg DCG
Br Med J (2000); 321: 1171-1172
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7270/1171 - Association between SSRIs and upper gastrointestinal bleeding (letter)
Br Med J (2000); 320: 1405-1406
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7246/1405 - Netting an important database (editorial)
Lancet (2001); 357: 649 - How to set priorities in heart care (forum)
Ashcroft D
Pharmaceutical Journal (2001); 266:334-335 - Up-to-date findings show change in acute otitis media consultation trend [Letter].
Thompson, P.L., Murray, M.L., Sharland, M. and Wong, I.C.K.
British Journal of General Practice. 2006;56:379-380
