Abstract
Anticipating and preparing for objections to formulary changes is essential to the success of policies set by Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committees. At the University of Kentucky Medical Center, a 461-bed teaching hospital, an intensive educational plan was under way well before the hospital converted from ranitidine to cimetidine as the preferred formulary H2-receptor antagonist.
MeSH terms
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Cimetidine / adverse effects
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Cimetidine / therapeutic use
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Communication
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Decision Making
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Drug Interactions
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Formularies, Hospital as Topic*
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Histamine H2 Antagonists / adverse effects
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Histamine H2 Antagonists / standards*
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Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499
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Humans
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Kentucky
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Organizational Innovation
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Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee*
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Ranitidine / adverse effects
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Ranitidine / therapeutic use
Substances
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Histamine H2 Antagonists
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Cimetidine
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Ranitidine