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Opioid Exposed Mothers and Infants in Delaware: Clinical and Legal Considerations [PDF]
, 2016 Drug use is on the rise in Delaware, as demonstrated by the continued increase in infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome. Thoughful, evidence based, and coordinated approaches are necessary to impact this problem.
Paul, MD, David A. +1 more
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National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2020 Background: Pharmaceutical companies develop, introduce, and sell many novel drugs on a regular basis. For the manufacturers and distributors of these drugs, the sole important focus remains promoting them to prescribers, who are their target audience ...
Miti Ravin Gandhi +2 more
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The Prescription Opioid Epidemic: an Evidence-Based Approach [PDF]
, 2015 A group of experts, led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, issued this report aimed at stemming the prescription opioid epidemic, a crisis that kills an average of 44 people a day in the U.S.
G. Caleb Alexander, Shannon Frattaroli
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Outpatient prescriptions practice and writing quality in a paediatric university hospital. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: The writing of prescriptions is an important aspect of medical practice. This activity presents some specific problems given a danger of misinterpretation and dispensing errors in community pharmacies.
Di Paolo, E. +5 more
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Drug utilization in selected health facilities of South West Shoa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety, 2015 Mengistu Kebede, Dereje Kebebe Borga, Eshetu Mulisa Bobasa Department of Pharmacy, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia Background: Sustaining the availability and rational use of safe and effective drugs is a major problem in developing countries ...
Kebede M +2 more
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Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and PracticeBackground: Poor drug prescription patterns (PP) result in irrational medicine use, avoidable stock outs and drug expiries.Objective: This study primarily assessed the effects of PP on the performance of the pharmacy department (PD) of Mbarara Regional ...
Gerald Manzi Mbabazize +3 more
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National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2016 Background: Incorrect prescribing practices result in ineffective and insecure treatment, exacerbation or continuation of illness, damage to patient, increased cost, and development of drug resistance.
Zahida Parveen +3 more
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Agreement between oral contraceptive users and prescribers: implications for case-control studies [PDF]
, 1992 Case-control studies examining the effects of oral contraceptives (OC) are prone to misclassification bias due to errors in assessment of OC use. Concern about inaccurate exposure histories has increased since current studies require women to recall OC ...
Camps, M.H. +8 more
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Audit of Typical Prescription Format Among the Prescribers of a Garment Medical Centre in Bangladesh
Update Dental College Journal, 2013 Objective: To audit the typical prescription or general format according to WHO guidelines for good prescription writing. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted after collecting data from medical records to observe ...
Mohammad Afsan +4 more
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