Three years experience with the prescription of anti-TNF-alpha inhibitors at Dr Soliman Fakeeh Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Nader Farid Toma, Moustapha Cherif Chaki, Hanan Rabee Nada, Hatem H. Eleishi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Demographics Adolescent Drug discontinuation Saudi Arabia Drug Costs Drug treatment Young Adult Rheumatology Internal medicine Rheumatic Diseases medicine Humans Medical prescription Retrospective Studies Ankylosing spondylitis business.industry Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Insurance Benefits Antibodies Monoclonal Middle Aged medicine.disease Treatment Outcome Anti tnf α Rheumatoid arthritis Antirheumatic Agents Physical therapy Female Patient Care business |
| Zdroj: | International journal of rheumatic diseases. 12(1) |
| ISSN: | 1756-185X |
| Popis: | Objective: To document the difficulties that are associated with the prescription of anti-TNF inhibitors due to their high cost for patients with various autoimmune rheumatic diseases in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: Patients who had been prescribed anti-TNF inhibitors for the treatment of autoimmune rheumatic diseases at Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to July 2008 were retrospectively included in this study. Data collected included patients' demographics, funding methods, treatment doses and assessment results. Results: Thirty-six patients were included in this study. Seventy percent of these were covered by various insurance packages while 30% were paying cash for their treatment. Of those 36 patients, seven dropped out within the first 2 months of treatment. Thereafter, a gradually increasing number of patients either discontinued treatment or were no longer compliant with their scheduled injection dates. There was a statistically highly significant correlation between financial difficulties and discontinuing treatment and/or spacing-out the administration of anti-TNF agents (P |
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