L. Douglas Ried, PhD
Professor
- B.S. Pharmacy. University of Washington
- M.S. Pharmacy. University of Minnesota
- Ph.D. Social and Administrative Pharmacy. University of Minnesota
Dr. Ried has a longstanding interest in geriatric pharmacy practice. He is currently conducting research into the effects of drugs on patients' quality of life and the psychosocial aspects of elderly patients and psychotropic drug use. He also has funding to conduct a major project investigating the link between use of different antihypertensive medications and the onset of depressive symptomology. His other research interests include patient drug-taking compliance, pharmacists' job satisfaction, and evaluation of clinical pharmacy services. He is a Fellow of the American Pharmaceutical Association.
Selected Publications:
- Ried LD, Renner B, Bengtson M, Wilcox B, Acholonu W. Weight Change after an Atypical Antipsychotic Switch. Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2003; Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2003; 37(10): 1381-1386.
- Ried LD. Planas L. Aging, Health and Depressive Symptoms: Are Men and Women Different? J Women's Health. 2002; 11(9): 813-824.
- Brody KK, Johnson RE, Ried LD, Carder PC, Perrin N. A Comparison of Two Methods for Identifying Frail Medicare- Aged Persons. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002;50:562-569.
- Keltai M, Johnson JA, Kowley PR, Ried LD, Tueth M. INVEST Substudies: Design and Patient Characteristics. Clin. Cardiol. 2001; 24(Suppl. V): V9-V11.
- Ried LD, Johnson RE, McFarland BH, Brody KK. Antihypertensive Drug Use and the Risk of Depression Among Elderly Hypertensives in an HMO. J Pharmacoepi. 2000; 8(1):1-28.
- Ried LD, Nau D, Grainger-Rousseau TJ. Evaluation of Patients' Health-related Quality of Life using the Living with Asthma Questionnaire and the Medical Outcomes Study, Short-Form 36 (SF-36). Qual Life Res. 1999; 8:491-499.
- Ried LD, McFarland B, Johnson RE, Brody KK. Beta- blockers and depression: The More the Murkier. Ann Pharmacother. 1998; 32:699-708.
- Ried LD, Johnson RE, Gettman DA. Benzodiazepine Exposure and Functional Status in Older People. J Amer Geriatr Soc. 1998; 46:71-76.
- Ried LD, Tueth MJ, Handberg E, Kupfer S, Pepine CJ. A Study of Antihypertensive Drugs and Depressive Symptoms (SADD-Sx) in Patients Treated with a Calcium Antagonist versus an Atenolol Hypertension Treatment Strategy in the INternational Verapamil SR-Trandolapril Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, accepted for publication in 2005.