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Nonprescription drugs and hypertension
Postgraduate Medicine, 1991Hypertensive patients should be aware of the possible effects of nonprescription medications on blood pressure control. For absolute safety, no adrenergic agents should be used. Nasal phenylephrine hydrochloride is probably the safest of these agents, and pseudoephedrine hydrochloride may also be safe.
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Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 2012
Nonprescription drug, also referred to as over-the-counter (OTC) abuse, is a serious and growing global health challenge. Drugs from many different therapeutic classes and numerous dosage forms and drug delivery systems are implicated in nonprescription drug abuse. Individuals who commonly abuse certain nonprescription medications are likewise diverse,
Addison J, Conca, David R, Worthen
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Nonprescription drug, also referred to as over-the-counter (OTC) abuse, is a serious and growing global health challenge. Drugs from many different therapeutic classes and numerous dosage forms and drug delivery systems are implicated in nonprescription drug abuse. Individuals who commonly abuse certain nonprescription medications are likewise diverse,
Addison J, Conca, David R, Worthen
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Pharmacists as Nonprescription Drug Advisors
American Pharmacy, 1995This field study tested the ability of pharmacists to counsel patients with diabetes mellitus on the contraindicated use of a decongestant. The study was modeled after a 1969 study conducted by Knapp et al. Our simulation used a patient with diabetes who questioned pharmacists initially about proper insulin storage and then asked about the use of ...
O E, Sierralta, D M, Scott
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Nonprescription Drug Use among the Elderly
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 1985We investigated the extent of the use of nonprescription drugs among an elderly population and the health and social characteristics most related to their use (nonprescription drugs referring to "medicines that don't require a prescription for slight illnesses").
R E, Johnson, C R, Pope
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Nonprescription Drug–Related Problems and Pharmacy Interventions
The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2001OBJECTIVE: To document the number and types of drug-related problems (DRPs) identified in customers purchasing nonprescription products in Swedish pharmacies; describe the distribution of DRPs by customer's gender, age, underlying ailment, and class of drug; determine whether problems are identified to the same ...
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TheHandbook of Nonprescription Drugs
New England Journal of Medicine, 1977IN writing prescriptions, doctors may have recourse to the recently issued third edition of the AMA Drug Evaluations, the Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) and probably some standard pharmacologic t...
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Nonprescription Drug Development
Drug Information Journal, 1994Over-the-counter (OTC) switches are assessed differently throughout the review divisions of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This paper presents the approach taken by the Pilot Drug Evaluation Staff. The three types of OTC switches: complete, partial, and lower effective dose, as well as approaches to efficacy, safety, and usage trials will be ...
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Nonprescription Drugs and the Regulation of Advertising
Journal of Drug Issues, 1992Advertising plays an important and distinct role in self-medication. This article briefly reviews the separate, but complimentary, roles of advertising and labeling of nonprescription medicines and some of advertising's limitations. The article moves on to describe six areas of advertising control — including self-regulatory and governmental components
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The Pharmacist as an Information Source for Nonprescription Drugs
Journal of Drug Issues, 1977Consumer sources of OTC drug information were investigated by querying 250 residents in a large midwestern city with a mail questionnaire. Results from an analysis of 163 respondents (69.4 percent) indicated that the majority of these people use the physician and pharmacist equally for OTC drug information. Moreover, they perceive them equally reliable
Daniel W. Boatman, Jean Paul Gagnon
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Nonprescription drugs in Hungary
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 1997L, Fábián, Z, Vincze
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