1.Influence of national volume-based procurement policy on the economy and use structure of anti-infective drugs in a hospital
Ze CHEN ; Tiao YAO ; Chen JIN ; Danjiang LI ; Fei LI ; Hua HU
China Pharmacist 2024;27(6):1072-1081
Objective To investigate the influence of the national volume-based procurement(NVBP)policy on the economy and use structure of anti-infective drugs in a general 3-A hospital,and to provide a reference for the standardization of clinical application management and policy implementation.Methods The price,defined daily doses(DDDs),average defined daily cost(DDDc),actual cost saving,substitution rate of selected drugs(SRSD)and avoidance rate of alternative drugs(ARAD)of anti-infective drugs before and after the implementation of 1-7 collection NVBP policy were analysed.Results The NVBP policy led to a>70%reduction in the price of 70.73%of the hospital's target drugs,69.70%of the DDDs increased,81.82%of the DDDc decreased and 63.64%showed the relationship of"volume increase and price decrease".The average SRSD was 84.49%in the first cycle and 95.94%in the second cycle.The average actual cost saving in the first cycle was 474 100 yuan,with an average saving rate of 407.60%,and in the second cycle was 803 100 yuan,with an average saving rate of 1 257.04%,showing an increasing trend year by year.The consumption of alternative drugs increased by 53.85%in the first cycle and 66.67%in the second cycle,with the highest annual increase of 555.63%,and the average of 74.65%.Conclusion After the implementation of NVBP policy,selected drugs mainly replaced unselected drugs,and the cost of anti-infection treatment was greatly reduced.However,it was necessary to strengthen the control of alternative drugs,standardize the management of clinical application,carry out clinical comprehensive evaluation of selected drugs and real world research.
2.Regulation of aquaporin 4 expression by glycyrrhizin acid affects neuronal activity after traumatic brain injury
Quan-Ming ZHOU ; She-Juan WU ; Jian-He ZHANG ; Jian-Huang HUANG ; Yao CHEN ; Tiao-Hua HUANG
The Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2024;40(16):2354-2358
Objective To explore the effects of glycyrrhizic acid(GA)on neurons injury in traumatic brain injury(TBI)rats and the possible mechanism.Methods The rats were randomly divided into sham-operation group,model group,control group and experimental-L,-M,-H groups,with 20 rats each group.The sham-operation group was only treated with craniotomy;the other 5 groups were used to establish TBI models by extracorporeal shock method.At 0,24 and 48 h after modeling,the experimental-L,-M,-H groups were intraperitoneally injected with 10,50 and 100 mg·kg-1 GA solution,respectively;control group was intraperitoneally injected with 2 mg·kg-1 nimodipine;sham-operation and model groups were intraperitoneally injected with the equal volume of phosphate buffered solution.The degree of neurological dysfunction was evaluated by cerebral edema and modified neurological severity score(mNSS).The apoptosis rates of neurons in rat brain tissue was evaluated by apoptosis staining.Western blot was used to analyze the expression levels of apoptosis-related proteins and aquaporin 4(AQP4)protein.Results The mNSS scores of experimental-M,-H groups,control group,model group,sham-operation group were(6.98±0.82),(5.28±0.37),(5.91±0.52),(13.28±1.59)and(0.36±0.01)points;the degrees of brain edema were(63.27±10.33)%,(60.09±9.38)%,(66.86±9.91)%,(85.92±11.93)%and(52.17±8.53)%;the apoptosis rates of neurons were(6.81±0.73)%,(5.39±0.25)%,(5.87±0.62)%,(15.13±3.29)%and(2.56±0.03)%;the relative expression levels of B cell lymphoma 2(Bel-2)protein were 0.49±0.06,0.68±0.15,0.62±0.03,0.13±0.03 and 0.95±0.13;the relative expression levels of Bel-2 associated X protein were 0.61±0.08,0.55±0.17,0.39±0.09,0.92±0.19 and 0.16±0.02;the relative expression levels of AQP4 protein were 0.69±0.15,0.38±0.03,0.47±0.09,0.86±0.13 and 0.13±0.09,respectively.There were statistically significant differences in the above indexes between the model group and the experimental-M,-H groups and control group(all P<0.05).Conclusion GA is able to reduce the brain edema degree and neurological dysfunction in TBI rats,and inhibit neuronal damage and apoptosis,and the mechanism of action may be associated with the inhibition of AQP 4 expression.