Antihypertensive Management in Patients With T2DM
Antihypertensive Management in Patients With T2DM
Several limitations should be considered when interpreting the results of our study.
Volunteer bias may have influenced the observations, especially because baseline adherence rates were higher than previous reports.
Pharmacists in the study provided recommendations to the prescribing physician rather than making drug therapy changes directly. Observations from previous studies suggest that the effect of pharmacist intervention is higher if they have prescribing authorization.
We used pharmacy dispensing records to identify changes to antihypertensive medication management. Communications between study pharmacists and prescribing physicians were not recorded; the true impact of the intervention may be underestimated.
Limitations
Several limitations should be considered when interpreting the results of our study.
Volunteer bias may have influenced the observations, especially because baseline adherence rates were higher than previous reports.
Pharmacists in the study provided recommendations to the prescribing physician rather than making drug therapy changes directly. Observations from previous studies suggest that the effect of pharmacist intervention is higher if they have prescribing authorization.
We used pharmacy dispensing records to identify changes to antihypertensive medication management. Communications between study pharmacists and prescribing physicians were not recorded; the true impact of the intervention may be underestimated.
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