Danish data confirm low prevalence of HRT among women prescribed oral corticosteroids

BMJ 1996;313:1264 (16 November)

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Danish data confirm low prevalence of HRT among women prescribed oral corticosteroids

EDITOR,--L J Walsh and colleagues report the use of oral corticosteroidsin a population of 65 786 in Nottinghamshire.¹ They had foundfew epidemiological data on the use of corticosteroids in communitypopulations, which is surprising, since the potential side effectsof corticosteroids--for example, osteoporosis, hypertension,and diabetes--are important.

We report here supplementary data on the use of oral corticosteroidsand hormone replacement therapy obtained from a population basedprescription registry for the county of North Jutland in Denmark.The region has 330 general practitioners and 487 000 inhabitants.For each prescription for drugs for which the costs are reimbursedthe pharmacies collect the name and amount of the drug, thedefined daily dose, the personal registration number of thepatient, the date that the drug is dispensed, and several othervariables.

The population consisted of 242 614 men and 244 379 women. Inthe database we identified 3023 men . . . [Full text of this article]

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