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Christine M Cheng1,2, Colleen DeLizza1, Joan Kapusnik-Uner2,3
11 Disease Decision Support Group, First Databank Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Purpose:
To characterize and determine the prevalence of drugs with boxed warnings (BXWs) based on a review of structured product labels (SPLs) available on the National Library of Medicine (NLM) DailyMed website.
Methods:
A cross-sectional review was conducted of SPLs with BXWs for human prescription drugs on the NLM DailyMed website in July 2012. The presence of a BXW in the DailyMed version of the SPL was validated by cross-referencing a corresponding label on the FDA website. The SPLs were organized into drug groups, and descriptive statistics were used to determine the proportion of SPLs and drug groups associated with a validated BXW. The top therapeutic classes of drugs with BXWs were determined as well as the percentage of the top 100 BXW-associated drugs used in US hospitals and retail settings in 2012.
Results:
Findings revealed that 35% (n = 4940/14,264) of drug labels on DailyMed and 35% (n = 650/1848) of the drug groups created were associated with a validated BXW. Central nervous system agents, antineoplastic agents, and cardiovascular drugs were the most common therapeutic classes. In 2012, 39% of the top 100 drugs were associated with a BXW.
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