Linkage of primary care prescribing records and pharmacy dispensing Records in the Salford Lung Study: application in asthma

Tibble, Holly; Lay-Flurrie, James; Sheikh, Aziz; Horne, Rob; Mizani, Mehrdad A.; Tsanas, Athanasios

doi:10.1186/s12874-020-01184-8

Table 2 String Search Keywords by Medication and Drug Class Keyword Categories

From: Linkage of primary care prescribing records and pharmacy dispensing Records in the Salford Lung Study: application in asthma

Drug Class Keyword	Medication Keyword	String Search Keywords
SABA	SALBUTAMOL	“SALBUTAMOL”, “ALBUTEROL”, “VENTOLIN”, “AIROMIR”, “SALAMOL”, “AIRSALB”, “SALAPIN”, “VENTMAX”, “ASMASAL”, “ESI-BREATHE”, “SALBULIN”, “SALIPRANEB”, “IPRAMOL”, “COMBIVENT”
SABA	BAMBUTEROL	“BAMBUTEROL”, “BAMBEC”
LABA	FORMOTEROL	“FORMOTEROL”, “FORADIL”, “FOSTAIR”, “SYMBICORT”, “FLUTIFORM”, “SPIROMAX”, “OXIS”, “ATIMOS”
LABA	SALMETEROL	“SALMETEROL”, “NEOVENT”, “SEREVENT”, “SERETIDE”, “SIRDUPLA”, “AIRFLUSAL”
LABA	TERBUTALINE	“TERBUTALINE”, “BRICANYL”
LABA	TIOTROPIUM	“TIOTROPIUM”, “SPIRIVA”
LABA	VILANTEROL	“VILANTEROL”, “RELVAR”, “VILENTEROL”
LAMA	GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE	“SEEBRI”
LAMA	IPRATROPIUM	“IPRATROPIUM”, “ATROVENT”, “RESPONTIN”, “IPRAVENT”, “SALIPRANEB”, “IPRAMOL”, “COMBIVENT”
THEOPHYLLINE	THEOPHYLLINE	“THEOPHYLLINE”, “NEULIN”, “SLO-PHYLLIN”, “UNIPHYLLIN”
THEOPHYLLINE	AMINOPHYLLINE	“AMINOPHYLLINE”, “PHYLLOCONTIN”
ICS	BECLOMETASONE	“BECLOMETASONE”, “ASMABEC”, “BECODISKS”, “CLENIL”, “QVAR”, “FOSTAIR”
ICS	CICLESONIDE	“CICLESONIDE”, “ALVESCO”
ICS	BUDESONIDE	“BUDESONIDE”, “BUDELIN”, “PULMICORT”, “SYMBICORT”, “SPIROMAX”
ICS	FLUTICASONE	“FLUTICASONE”, “FLIXOTIDE”, “FLUTIFORM”, “SERETIDE”, “SIRDUPLA”, “AIRFLUSAL”, “RELVAR”
ICS	MOMETASONE	“MOMETASONE”, “TWISTHALER”, “ASMANEX”
LTRA	MONTELUKAST	“MONTELUKAST”, “SINGULAIR”
LTRA	ZAFIRLUKAST	“ZAFIRLUKAST”, “ACCOLATE”
LTRA	ZILEUTON	“ZILEUTON”, “ZYFLO”
CROMOGLICATE	NEDOCROMIL	“NEDOCROMIL”, “TILADE”
CROMOGLICATE	CROMOGLICATE	“CROMOGLICATE”, “CROMOGLYCATE”, “INTAL”
STEROID	OMALIZUMAB	“OMALIZUMAB”, “XOLAIR”
STEROID	PREDNISOLONE	“PREDNISOLONE”
IMMUNO-SUPPRESSANT	METHOTREXATE	“METHOTREXATE”, “MAXTREX”, “METOJECT”, “METHOFILL”, “NORDIMET”, “ZLATAL”
IMMUNO-SUPPRESSANT	CICLOSPORIN	“CICLOSPORIN”, “CAPIMUNE”, “CAPSORIN”, “DEXIMUNE”, “NEORAL”, “SANDIMMUN”
IMMUNO-SUPPRESSANT	AZATHIOPRINE	“AZATHIOPRINE”, “IMURAN”

String search keywords may appear under multiple medication and drug class keyword categories, if they contain more than one active ingredient, such as combination ICS LABA medications.
Bold string search keywords indicate brand names.

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