Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2025 Dec;137(6):e70139. doi: 10.1111/bcpt.70139.
ABSTRACT
Queries from healthcare professionals to drug information centres may represent drug-related aspects of importance in healthcare. In this study, queries and replies from all drug information centres in Sweden, published on svelic.se (January 2023 to May 2024) and specifically related to the discipline of pharmacy, were explored. Pharmaceutical queries were defined in an iterative process starting with seven definitions of ‘pharmacy’ and independent assessments by two assessors. Three categories emerged: galenic queries, lookup queries and pharmacy practice queries. Out of 767 studied queries, 60 (8%) were categorised as pharmaceutical (kappa: 0.84), distributed across galenic (n = 46), lookup (n = 12) and pharmacy practice queries (n = 2). Galenic queries primarily concerned crushing or splitting of medications (n = 13), alternative routes of administration (n = 12) or compatibility (n = 10). Out of 21 drugs asked about in crushing/splitting-related queries, six lacked information in the national Medication Crushing Database. Out of nine specific drug pairs asked about in compatibility queries, two were incompatible, and information regarding seven was not obtainable from the national Pharmaceutical Compatibility Database. In conclusion, almost one tenth of queries to drug information centres in Sweden, recorded on svelic.se, were specifically pharmaceutical. The requested information was often for crushing/splitting-related queries, and seldom for compatibility queries, accessible from the knowledge resources.
PMID:41251016 | DOI:10.1111/bcpt.70139
