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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacotherapy. 2013 Jan;33(1):11–21. doi: 10.1002/phar.1164

Table 4.

Selected Pharmacotherapy problem sub-categories and acceptance rates (n=187 subjects).

Category Accepted (%) Denied (%)
Risk to Patient
   Allergy 2 (100) 0 (0)
   Medication error 2 (100) 0 (0)
   Monitoring for toxicity 7 (70.0) 3 (30.0)
   Actual ADE 8 (50.0) 8 (50.0)
   Potential ADE 61 (44.9) 75 (55.1)
Medication Indication
   No/Unclear indication 6 (60.0) 4 (40.0)
   Undertreated condition 24 (42.9) 32 (57.1)
   Untreated condition 43 (41.7) 60 (58.3)
   Alternative therapy 4 (16.0) 21 (84.0)
Efficacy
  Adherence or administration issue 7 (70.0) 3 (30.0)
  Therapeutic monitoring for effectiveness 13 (31.0) 29 (69.0)
  Minimal effectiveness 2 (28.6) 5 (71.4)
Pharmaceutical
  Inappropriate route 1 (100) 0 (0)
  Therapeutic duplication 8 (80.0) 2 (20.0)
  Inappropriate dose 24 (54.5) 20 (45.5)
  Inappropriate schedule 1 (33.3) 2 (66.7)