[Clinical pharmacological drug information. Well over one year's experience]

Clinical pharmacology was established quite recently in Denmark as a medical specialty. It comprises--among other items--clinical pharmacological drug information service, the primary aim of which is to provide service to health personnel with clinical responsibility involving drugs and specific patient-related questions. Questions forwarded to the clinical pharmacological drug information service at two Copenhagen hospitals have been summarized. The questions were categorized according to the profession and the affiliation to the health care system of the inquirer as well as the nature of the question. At the two hospitals, 118 and 77 questions were answered from January 1st 1997 to June 1st 1998, respectively. Physicians employed at hospitals were responsible for the majority of the questions. Most questions concerned adverse drug reactions, choice of therapy/drug, and therapy during pregnancy or breast feeding.