Further, we retrieved prescriptions for oral glucocorticoids from the Prescription Database (ATC codes in Appendix 1), as the use of these drugs has been associated with an increased risk of skin cancers (Karagas et al, 2001; Sorensen et al, 2004) and could be a potential confounder in our analysis.
We also retrieved prescriptions for post-menopausal hormone replacement therapy (G03C, G03D, G03F, G03HB01), since use of hormone replacement therapy increases the risk of breast cancer [ 69- 71] and women who adhere to one medication may also be more likely to adhere to other prescription medications, such as NSAIDs [ 72].
We retrieved prescription data from 1995 (where nationwide recording of prescription use was initiated in the Prescription Registry) to 1 year before the index date for both cases and controls.
They were trained by the research team to retrieve prescription and clinical records from the patient files and the dispensing records, using methods recommended in the WHO manual on investigating longitudinal patterns of drug use (14, 15).
This limitation particularly affects the estimate of primary adherence, because we cannot retrieve those prescriptions issued manually, and in the case of a first prescription not being filled, we would not be able to identify it as non-adherence, thus overestimating real primary adherence.
We linked the GP-reported information to the regional prescription database to retrieve patients' prescription records both prospectively and retrospectively in relation to the GP-reported date of treatment (index date, August 20, 2008 for all patients).
In contrast, in the United States and other well-resourced environments, patients often have the option to retrieve ART prescriptions at pharmacies with convenient hours located close to home, or delivered directly to the home.
Danish national registers were linked, retrieving data on prescriptions, spirometry testing, socioeconomic and demographic variables in all first time users of medication targeting obstructive lung disease in 2008.
Looping back near the blueberry farm later that morning, we encountered three men on a green Southern Skimmer skiff painted with the name "Angler". They had tried unsuccessfully to navigate to a trailer park where one of them, Jeff Rivenbark, a diesel mechanic, hoped to retrieve his prescription medications for an injury that had put him on workers' compensation.
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