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Petrus Adrianus Godfried Maria (Peter) De Smet
Born30 July 1952
Breda, The Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Occupation(s)Pharmacist, Clinical Pharmacologist, Researcher, Lyricist
Known forDutch drug database, Ethnopharmacology research
AwardsKnight in the Order of the Dutch Lion (2019), Honorary Medal Royal Dutch Pharmaceutical Association (2018), Ig Nobel prize for art history (2022)

Peter De Smet is a retired drug information pharmacist and clinical pharmacologist, emeritus professor of pharmaceutical patient care, and lyricist.[1][2] He is still active as an ethnopharmacological and ethnomedical researcher[3]

Drug therapy and pharmaceutical care (1979-present)[edit]

In the 1980s, De Smet was the chief designer of the Dutch drug database, which is still essential in Dutch healthcare.[4] His professional publications have primarily focused on medication safety,[5][6][7][8] medication incidents,[9][10] drug adherence,[11] pharmaceutical care,[12] and drug substitution.[13][14]

Phytotherapy, ethnopharmacology, and ethnomedicine (1980-present)[edit]

In 1985, De Smet published an ethnopharmacological PhD thesis on intoxicating enemas and snuffs in the Americas.[15] He published the chapter on intoxicating enemas among the pre-Columbian Maya together with Nicholas Hellmuth as a separate article in 1986.[16][17]

His phytotherapeutic publications have focused on the clinical pharmacology[18][19][20][21] and safety of herbal medicines and plant-derived drugs.[22][23][24] He has also published articles on the legislation of herbal medicines,[25][26] herbal pharmacokinetics,[27] herbal pharmacoepidemiology,[28] and herbal pharmacoeconomics.[29]

De Smet served three times as guest curator in an ethnological museum and each time wrote the catalogue for the exhibition.[30][31][32] He is currently working on a major 4P-Project (Patients Practitioners Practices Plants) that will provide global coverage of the material cultures of ethnomedicine and ethnopharmacology.[33]

He located archaeological material of the peyote cactus in the Witte Museum in San Antonio, USA. Radiocarbon dating showed that the material was 5700 years old and chemical analysis demonstrated that the hallucinogenic alkaloid mescaline was still present.[34][35]

De Smet co-founded the International Society for Ethnopharmacology in 1990 and participated in the Project Group for International Classification of Traditional Medicine (ICTM) of the World Health Organization (WHO).[36] The latter project resulted in a special chapter on traditional medicine (TM) in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD 11).[37]

Honors & awards[edit]

  • Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion (2019)[38]
  • Honorary Medal Royal Dutch Pharmaceutical Association (2018)[39]
  • Ig Nobel prize for art history (2022) for the 1986 article on intoxicating Maya enemas[40]
  • Winner of the First National Lyrics Writing Competition with the Dutch song text Tegen beter weten in (Against the odds) (1995),[41] which led to the music CD Allemaal mensen (All of them human) in 1996[42]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pharm Weekbl 2018;153(10):11-14
  2. ^ Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2023;167:B2228
  3. ^ "Peter de Smet | Radboud University Nijmegen - Academia.edu".
  4. ^ De Smet PAGM. The Dutch approach to computerized drug information: conceptual basis and realization. J Social Adm Pharm 1988;5:49-58
  5. ^ De Smet PAGM, Van Loenen AC, Offerhaus L. Medicatiebegeleiding: de medisch-farmaceutische achtergronden van verantwoord geneesmiddelengebruik. Houten: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum, 1990
  6. ^ De Smet PAGM, HARM-Wrestling Group. Hospital admissions related to medications and implementing guidelines. Arch Intern Med 2009;169:810-1 doi: https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.81
  7. ^ HARM-wrestling: een voorstel van de Expertgroep Medicatieveiligheid m.b.t. concrete interventies die de extramurale medicatieveiligheid op korte termijn kunnen verbeteren. Den Haag: Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport 2009
  8. ^ Warlé-van Herwaarden MF, Kramers C, Sturkenboom MC, Van den Bemt PM, De Smet PAGM. Targeting outpatient drug safety: recommendations of the Dutch HARM-Wrestling Task Force. Drug Saf 2012;35:245-59
  9. ^ Cheung K-C, Van Rhijn A, David Cousins S, De Smet P. Improving European cooperation on medication errors. Lancet 2014;383:1209-10 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60603-6
  10. ^ Cheung K-C ,Van den Bemt PM , Bouvy ML, Wensing M, De Smet PAGM. Relevance of foreign alerts and newsletters for the medication errors reporting programme in The Netherlands: an explorative retrospective study. Drug Saf 2014;37:981-7 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-014-0229-9
  11. ^ De Smet PAGM, Kramers C, Britten N. Can drug regimens be adapted to patients, or vice versa? Lancet 2007;370:813-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61395-6.
  12. ^ De Gier JJ, Bouvy ML, Egberts ACG, De Smet PAGM. Handboek farmaceutische patientenzorg: achtergronden en praktijk. Houten: Prelum, 2013
  13. ^ De Smet PAGM. Leidraad geneesmiddelsubstitutie: een medisch-farmaceutische notitie. 's-Gravenhage, Koninklijke Nederlandse Maatschappij ter bevordering der Pharmacie, 1990
  14. ^ De Smet PAGM, Van der Kuy A, Bonsel GA. Klassensubstitutie als doelmatigheidsinstrument in de geneesmiddelenvoorziening: mogelijkheden en beperkingen. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2002;146:553-7
  15. ^ https://www.cedla.nl/_files/ugd/e1be2e_23aa3172a9814417b4b2e9f73c2aa1c3.pdf
  16. ^ De Smet PAGM, Hellmuth NM. A multidisciplinary approach to ritual enema scenes on ancient Maya pottery. J Ethnopharmacol 1986;16:213-262
  17. ^ https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(86)90091-7. See for an extensive update: https://www.academia.edu/44799913/4P_9a_Drink_enema_rituals_in_ancient_Maya_art_Part_one_text; https://www.academia.edu/44799914/4P_9b_Drink_enema_rituals_in_ancient_Maya_art_Part_two_figures
  18. ^ De Smet PAGM. The role of plant-derived drugs and herbal medicines in healthcare. Drugs. 1997 Dec;54(6):801-40. doi: 10.2165/00003495-199754060-00003. De Smet PAGM. Herbal remedies. N Engl J Med 2002;347:2046-56. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra020398. De Smet PAGM. Geneesmiddelen uit de natuur: ouderwets concept of belofte voor de toekomst? Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2023 Apr 6;167:D7513.
  19. ^ De Smet PAGM. Herbal remedies. N Engl J Med 2002;347:2046-56. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra020398
  20. ^ De Smet PAGM. Geneesmiddelen uit de natuur: ouderwets concept of belofte voor de toekomst? Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2023 Apr 6;167:D7513
  21. ^ De Smet PAGM. Health risks of herbal remedies: an update. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2004;76:1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.clpt.2004.03.005
  22. ^ De Smet PAGM, Keller K, Hänsel R, Chandler R.F. (eds) Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs Vols 1-3. Berlin: Springer, 1992-1997
  23. ^ De Smet PAGM Health risks of herbal remedies. Drug Saf 1995;13:81-93. doi: 10.2165/00002018-199513020-00003
  24. ^ De Smet PAGM. Clinical risk management of herb-drug interactions. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2007;63:258-67. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2006.02797.x
  25. ^ De Smet PAGM. Should herbal medicine-like products be licensed as medicines BMJ 1995; 310:1023 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6986.1023
  26. ^ De Smet PAGM. Herbal medicine in Europe--relaxing regulatory standards. N Engl J Med. 2005 Mar 24;352(12):1176-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp048083
  27. ^ De Smet PAGM, Brouwers JRBJ. Pharmacokinetic evaluation of herbal remedies: basic introduction, applicability, current status and regulatory needs. Clin Pharmacokinet. 1997;32:427-36. doi: https://doi.org/10.2165/00003088-199732060-00001
  28. ^ De Smet PAGM. An introduction to herbal pharmacoepidemiology. J Ethnopharmacol. 1993;38:197-208. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(93)90016-x
  29. ^ De Smet PAGM, Bonsel G, Van der Kuy A, Hekster YA, Pronk MH, Brorens MJA, Lockefeer JHM, Nuijten MJX. Introduction to the pharmacoeconomics of herbal medicines. Pharmacoeconomics. 2000;18:1-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.2165/00019053-200018010-00001
  30. ^ De Smet PAGM. Herbs, health and healers: Africa as ethnopharmacological treasury. Berg en Dal: Afrika Museum, 1999
  31. ^ De Smet PAGM. Different truths: ethnomedicine in early postcards. Amsterdam: Tropenmuseum/KIT Publishers, 2010
  32. ^ De Smet PAGM, Ian Reader. Health-related votive tablets from Japan: ema for healing and well-being. Leiden: Japanmuseum Sieboldhuis/Leiden University Press, 2017
  33. ^ "Peter de Smet | Radboud University Nijmegen - Academia.edu".
  34. ^ Bruhn JG, De Smet PAGM, El-Seedi HR, Beck O. Mescaline use for 5700 years. Lancet 2002;359:1866 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08701-9
  35. ^ El-Seedi HR, De Smet PAGM, Beck O, Possnert, G, Bruhn JG. Prehistoric peyote use: alkaloid analysis and radiocarbon dating of archaeological specimens of Lophophora from Texas. J Ethnopharmacol 2005 Oct 3;101(1-3):238-42 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2005.04.022
  36. ^ "Google Sites: Sign-in".
  37. ^ "Traditional medicine".
  38. ^ Pharm Weekbl 2019;154(18):20
  39. ^ Pharm Weekbl 2018;153(12):21
  40. ^ Spiering H. Kunstgeschiedenis klysma bij de Maya's. NRC 16 Sep 2022. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/09/15/prijzen-voor-humoristisch-wetenschappelijk-onderzoek-a4141999
  41. ^ Verhallen F. Cabaret. Trouw 23 Feb 1995. https://www.trouw.nl/home/cabaret~bf0288a6/
  42. ^ "Peter de Smet".
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