drug evaluation process at king faisal specialist hospital and research centre

ABSTRACT

With increasing concern about controlling the rising cost of drugs, the drug evaluation process becomes an important element in specifying and selecting the safest and most efficacious over clinically comparable and more expensive drugs. The drug evaluation process used by the Drug Information Service at King Faisal Specialist Hospital is described, the philosphy of evidence based drug information is introduced, an major issues in the drug evaluation process are discussed. Guidelines for prparing different types of drug evaluations are presented and examples are given when appropriate