Clinical Pharmacotherapy
The more medication, the greater the risk of side effects, drugs interacting, hospitalizations and death. Nevertheless, more than 750,000 Danish citizens are polypharmacy patients - and many of these do not need the medicine they are taking.
Our research focuses on reducing polypharmacy and promoting the appropriate use of medication for the benefit of the individual citizen, the healthcare system and the society. Appropriate use of medication means that you are only treated with the medication you need and - as far as possible - that you are treated with the specific drugs that have the best pharmacological effect, the fewest side effects and the lowest price.
The effort of reducing polypharmacy and promoting the appropriate use of medicines requires a cultural change, which involves many different actors, e.g. patients, physicians, pharmacists, municipalities, health politicians and decision-makers in the Danish health system. Therefore, it requires a strong, joint effort across professional groups - and with the involvement of patients - to combat polypharmacy in the best possible way.
Research:
- Vermehren C, Nielsen RS, Jørgensen S, Drastrup AM, Westergaard N. Drug
use among nursing home residents in Denmark for drugs having
pharmacogenomics based (PGx) dosing guidelines: Potential preemptive PGx
testing. J. Pers. Med. 10, 78 (2020). Doi:10.3390/jpm10030078
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7565179/pdf/jpm-10-00078.pdf - Westergaard N, Nielsen RS, Jørgensen S, Vermehren C. Drug use in Denmark
for drugs having pharmacogenomics (PGx) based dosing guidelines from CPIC
or DPWG for CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 drug-gene pairs: Perspectives for
introducing PGx test to polypharmacy patients. J. Pers. Med. 10, 3 (2020); doi:
10.3390/jpm10010003. The article was selected for the cover page by the
journal.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7151550/pdf/jpm-10-00003.pdf - Rasmussen AF, Poulsen SS, Oldenburg LIK, Vermehren C. The Barriers and Facilitators of Different Stakeholders When Deprescribing Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonists in Older Patients—A Systematic Review. Metabolites, 11, 4 (2021). Doi.org/10.3390/metabo11040254
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8073998/pdf/metabolites-11-00254.pdf
In the media:
BT:Over halvdelen af alle ældre på plejehjem får medicin mod angst og søvnløshed
TV2 Nyheder: Svært at nå mål om at nedbringe medicinforbrug hos demenspatienter, siger eksperter
Altinget Sundhed: Farlig polyfarmaci skal løses med virkelighedsnære studier
Sygeplejersken Årgang 2021 nr. 4. Tema: Polyfarmaci
Videnskab.dk: Ældre på plejehjem får så meget medicin, at de kalder det ’morgenmad’
Dagens Medicin; 8. november 2019 - Udkørende team luger ud i ældres medicin (pdf)
Core members
Name | Title | Image |
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Anna Birna Almarsdóttir | Professor |
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Anne Byriel Walls | Associate Professor |
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Charlotte Vermehren | Guest Researcher |
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Christine Erikstrup Hallgreen | Associate Professor |
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Lotte Stig Nørgaard | Professor |
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Maurizio Sessa | Associate Professor |
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Morten Andersen | Professor |
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Morten Baltzer Houlind | Postdoc |
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Natalja Genina | Associate Professor |
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Ramune Jacobsen | Associate Professor |
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Trine Meldgaard Lund | Associate Professor |
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