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Assessment of Comorbidity and Use of Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs in Patients Above 65 Years Attending Family Medicine Outpatient Clinics [PDF]

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2019
Background and aim: Aging is often accompanied by chronic diseases, comorbidity, and polypharmacy. Use of prescription/nonprescription drugs, and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs seen frequently in the elderly.
Münevver Kurt MD, PhD, Melahat Akdeniz MD, PhD, Ethem Kavukcu MD, PhD   +2 more
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Review of Challenges in Performing Real-World Evidence Studies for Nonprescription Products [PDF]

Pragmatic and Observational Research
Christian Maihöfner,1 Theresa Mallick-Searle,2 Jan Vollert,3 Pranab Kalita,4 Vidhu Sood Sethi5 1Department of Neurology, General Fürth Hospital, University of Erlangen, Fürth, Germany; 2Division of Pain Medicine, Stanford Health Care Pain Management ...
Maihöfner C, Mallick-Searle T, Vollert J, Kalita P, Sood Sethi V   +4 more
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Impact of Delisting Non-Prescription Medicines from Health Insurance Coverage on Physicians’ Prescribing Behaviour in Iran: A Qualitative Study [PDF]

Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice
Objective: In June 2018, Iran’s national health insurance policy excluded coverage for 79 nonprescription medicines (NPM) for outpatients aged over 12 years. Since physicians play a crucial role in healthcare delivery, this qualitative study explored how
Mohammad Mahdi Raeis Zadeh, Mehrnaz Borhani, Fatemeh Soleymani, Bahareh Yazdizadeh, Shekoufeh Nikfar   +4 more
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QT Myopia and Cardiac Safety: Expanding the Aperture of Arrhythmia Assessment in Early Phase Drug Development. [PDF]

Clin Transl Sci
ABSTRACT Regulatory agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Medicines Agency (EMA), Health Canada, and the Japanese Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Agency (PMDA) provide scientific and public health guidance with cardiac safety being paramount in drug development of new investigational products (IP).
Lester RM, Clark K, Paglialunga S.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Managing Drug-Drug Interactions Involving the Non-Prescription Opioid Loperamide Through Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling. [PDF]

CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol
ABSTRACT Loperamide is a widely used nonprescription peripherally acting opioid indicated for diarrhea. Loperamide undergoes extensive first‐pass metabolism, primarily by cytochrome (CYP) 3A and CYP2C8, with minor contributions from CYP2B6 and CYP2D6, and intestinal efflux by P‐glycoprotein (P‐gp).
Zhou Z, Ainslie GR, Li M, Dinh J, Zamek-Gliszczynski MJ, Zhao P, Paine MF.   +6 more
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Discrepancy Between Knowledge and Practice of Self‐Medication Among Adults in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2023: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Health Science Reports
Background and Aims Self‐medication, while convenient for managing minor illnesses, poses significant public health risks when practiced without adequate knowledge or oversight.
Salma Sultana, Immamul Muntasir, Mohammad Asraful Alam   +2 more
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Using Medicinal Plants among Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Related Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery, 2022
Introduction: The use of medicinal plants (MP) is increasing among the general population and patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Simultaneous use of MP and cardiac medications can cause drug interactions and serious complications.
Mostafa Gholami, Zahra Tagharrobi, Khadijeh Sharifi, Zahra Sooki   +3 more
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Changes in drug demand when a pandemic coincides with other outbreaks in a war zone country: a cross-sectional pilot study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2022
Background Yemen’s health system has severely deteriorated due to the ongoing civil war accompanied by the COVID-19 pandemic which coincided with other outbreaks of endemic infections.
Ebtesam A. Saleh, Randa N. Haddadin, Bassam Saleh, Eman Elayeh   +3 more
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Characterization of medication advertisements in a popular US parenting magazine [PDF]

Health Promotion Perspectives, 2017
Background: Medication advertisements in magazines typically provide minimal educational benefit. This is of particular concern when targeted to caregivers responsible for making major medical decisions for their children.
Jennifer Mongiovi, Valerie Cadorett, Corey Basch   +2 more
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Topical Corticosteroids Misuse: A Burning Issue

Nepal Journal of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology, 2019
Since the introduction of hydrocortisone into dermatology, a tremendous development has occurred in the field of topical corticosteroids. With the growing use of topical corticosteroids, a serious concern for its misuse is to be highlighted. This matter
Saraswoti Neupane
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