CNS diseases Publications

• Compliance with the guidelines for laboratory monitoring of patients treated with lithium: a retrospective follow-up study among ambulatory patients in the Netherlands.Abstract

  OBJECTIVES: Laboratory monitoring of patients using lithium is important to prevent harm and to increase effectiveness. The aim of this study is to determine compliance with the guidelines for laboratory monitoring of patients treated with lithiumverall and within subgroups. METHODS: Patients having at least one lithium dispensing for six months or longer between January 2010 and December 2015 were identified retrospectively using data from the Dutch PHARMO Database Network

  Neder lof M, Egberts TCG, van Londen L, deRotte Mcfj, Souverein PC, Herings RCM, Heerdink ER. Bipolar Disord. 2019 Nov 25; 21 419-427.

• Pharmaceutically treated anxiety but not depression prior to cancer diagnosis predicts the onset of cardiovascular disease among breast cancer survivors.Abstract

  PURPOSE: To examine the associations between pharmaceutically treated anxiety and depression present in the year prior to breast cancer diagnosis and the risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), while controlling for traditional cardiovascularisk factors and clinical characteristics in a population-based observational study

  Schoormans D, van dePoll-Franse L, Vissers P, van Herk-Sukel MPP, Peder sen SS, Rottmann N, Horsbol T, Dalton S, Denollet J. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017 Jul 17; 259-266.

• Psychiatric medication use before and after the onset of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents: A population-based cohort study.Abstract

  BACKGROUND: Several studies showed a bidirectional association between type 2 diabetes and psychiatric disorders in adults. Because there is limited information on the association between type 1 diabetes (T1D) and psychiatric disorders (including pychiatric medication use) in children and adolescents, we assessed frequency of use of these medications before and after the onset of T1D

  FazeliFarsani S, Abdullah-Koolmees H, Souverein PC, de Boer A, Mantel-Teeuwisse AK. Pediatr Diabetes. 2017 Apr 24; 121 - 128.

• Antipsychotic drug use associated with urinary tract infections in older women.Abstract

  OBJECTIVES: Antipsychotic drugs are frequently prescribed to elderly patients, but they are associated with serious adverse effects. The objective of the current study was to investigate the association between use of antipsychotics by elderly womeand the risk of urinary tract infections (UTIs). COHORT STUDY SETTING: Dispensing data were obtained from the PHARMO Database Network for the period 1998-2008

  van Strien AM, Souverein PC, Keijsers CK, Heerdink ER, Derijks HJ, van Marum RJ. Maturitas. 2017 Apr; 98 46-50.

• Prescribing pattern of antipsychotic drugs during the years 1996-2010: a population-based database study in Europe with a focus on torsadogenic drugs.Abstract

  INTRODUCTION: Antipsychotic drugs (APDs) are used to treat several mental illnesses. Some APDs have long been known to be associated with QT prolongation, potentially leading to torsades de pointes (TdP) and sudden cardiac death (SCD). In 2005, thiridazine was withdrawn because of the risk of SCD, bringing further attention to the arrhythmogenic potential of APDs

  Oteri A, Mazzaglia G, Pecchioli S, Molokhia M, Ulrichsen SP, Peder sen L, Poluzzi E, DePonti F, Garbe E, Schink T, Herings R, Bezemer ID, Sturkenboom MC, Trifiro G. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Aug; 82 (2): 487-97.

• Post authorization safety study comparing quetiapine to risperidone and olanzapine.Abstract

  OBJECTIVES: To compare rates of specific adverse outcomes between patients starting quetiapine, olanzapine, or risperidone use in the Netherlands. METHODS: Observational study using the PHARMO Database Network, including patients starting quetiapin(4658), olanzapine (5856), or risperidone (7229) in 2000-2009, comparing rates of all-cause mortality, failed suicide attempts, extrapyrimidal symptoms (EPS), diabetes mellitus (DM), hypothyroidism, and acute myocardial infarction (AMI)

  Heintjes EM, Overbeek JA, Penning-van Beest FJ, Brobert G, Herings RM. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2016 Jul; 31 (4): 304-12.

• Treatment with rivastigmine or galantamine and risk of urinary incontinence: results from a Dutch database study.Abstract

  BACKGROUND: Treatment of Alzheimer disease (AD) with cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) may increase the risk of urinary incontinence (UI). OBJECTIVE: To assess whether ChEI use was associated with the risk of UI among older patients with AD. METHOD: A crossover cohort study using the PHARMO Record Linkage System included 10 years of data on drug dispensing histories for over two million Dutch residents

  Kroger E, VanMarum R, Souverein P, Carmichael PH, Egberts T. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2015 Mar; 24 (3): 276-85.

• Association between ADHD drug use and injuries among children and adolescents.Abstract

  To study the association between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug use and the incidence of hospitalization due to injuries. A random sample of 150,000 persons (0-18 years) was obtained from the Dutch PHARMO record linkage systemAn ADHD medication cohort as well as an up to six age/sex/index date sampled control cohort with no history of ADHD drug use was formed

  van den Ban E, Souverein P, Meijer W, van Engeland H, Swaab H, Egberts T, Heerdink E. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2014 Feb; 23 (2): 95-102.

• The effects of Psychotropic drugs On Developing brain (ePOD) study: methods and design.Abstract

  BACKGROUND: Animal studies have shown that methylphenidate (MPH) and fluoxetine (FLX) have different effects on dopaminergic and serotonergic system in the developing brain compared to the developed brain. The effects of Psychotropic drugs On the Dveloping brain (ePOD) study is a combination of different approaches to determine whether there are related findings in humans

  Bottelier MA, Schouw ML, Klomp A, Tamminga HG, Schrantee AG, Bouziane C, de Ruiter MB, Boer F, Ruhe HG, Denys D, Rijsman R, Lindauer RJ, Reitsma HB, Geurts HM, Reneman L. BMC Psychiatry. 2014 14 48.

• Unjustified prescribing of CYP2D6 inhibiting SSRIs in women treated with tamoxifen.Abstract

  Tamoxifen is a largely inactive pro-drug, requiring metabolism into its most important metabolite endoxifen. Since the cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2D6 enzyme is primarily involved in this metabolism, genetic polymorphisms of this enzyme, but also drug-inuced CYP2D6 inhibition can result in considerably reduced endoxifen formation and as a consequence may affect the efficacy of tamoxifen treatment

  Binkhorst L, Mathijssen RH, van Herk-Sukel MP, Bannink M, Jager A, Wiemer EA, van Gelder T. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 Jun; 139 (3): 923-9.