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Self-medication practices and rational drug use habits among university students: a cross-sectional study from Kahramanmaraş, Turkey [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background Self-medication refers to the use of medicines to treat self-diagnosed diseases without consulting any healthcare professionals. Irrational drug use and self-medication have serious negative consequences both on health and economy.
Ramazan Azim Okyay, Ayşegül Erdoğan
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Evaluation of drug use habits and rational drug use of persons registered to primary health care
Medicine Science, 2018 Wrong or unnecessary use of medications seriously affects public health. The aim of this study is to evaluate the drug use habits and rational drug use among people aged 15 and over who are registered to family health centers in Akcadag district of ...
Serdar Deniz +2 more
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Health Literacy Levels of Individuals Between 18-65 Years Old and Its Effect on Rational Drug Use [PDF]
Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine, 2022 Aim: This study aims to determine a relationship between factors, such as the health literacy levels of individuals and their drug (medicine) utilization habits, and sociodemographic characteristics.
Ahmet Olcay Isler +3 more
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Swedish High School Students’ Drug and Alcohol Use Habits throughout 2020
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 This study describes gender-specific patterns in alcohol and drug use among Swedish high school students throughout 2020 and questions the current cutoffs for identifying addiction in this population. From September 2020 to February 2021, 1590 Swedish upper secondary high school students (mean age 17.15 years, age range 15–19 years, 39.6% male, and 60 ...
Anis Sfendla +3 more
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Most common inappropriate drug usage factors in anthelmintic treatment on sheep farms in Latvia [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2022 Background and Aim: There is little understanding about antiparasitic drug prescription trends and implementation to reduce possible drug overuse or misuse worldwide. This study aimed to review sheep parasite control strategies and antiparasitic drug use
Līga Kovaļčuka +4 more
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Drug and alcohol use in Spain: consumption habits, attitudes and opinions. [PDF]
Public health, 1997 To estimate the lifetime prevalence of drug and alcohol use and its sociodemographic determinants and to investigate opinions towards drug use in Spain, we examined a representative nation-wide sample of 2495 adult Spaniards, males and females, aged 18 y or older, selected by a multistaged random strategy during 1989.
Royo-Bordonada, Miguel Angel +3 more
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objectives This study aimed to examine concurrent polysubstance use of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana and determine correlations with access to marijuana, friend and familial drug use habits, risk perception and the age of initiation associated with the ...
Patrice Whitehorne-Smith +4 more
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Maternal habits: Narratives of mothering, social position and drug use [PDF]
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2006 Abstract Concerns are frequently voiced about harms to children of mothers who use drugs. We explored the subjective socio-cultural experiences of childrearing by women using illicit drugs (heroin mainly and amphetamines) and compared them to those of three other groups of women.
Banwell, Cathy, Bammer, Gabriele
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Scientific Reports, 2022 The prevalence of drug use among nightlife attendees needs to be accurately estimated to, for example, evaluate preventive interventions. This study tested the feasibility of using a breath-sampling device to estimate the prevalence of drug use among ...
Kristin Feltmann +6 more
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Are cocaine-seeking “habits” necessary for the development of addiction-like behavior in rats? [PDF]
, 2018 Drug self-administration models of addiction typically require animals to make the same response (e.g., a lever-press or nose-poke) over and over to procure and take drugs.
Fadanelli, Monica +3 more
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