Online Pharmacies Selling Prescription Drugs: Systematic Review [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2022 Introduction: The patronage of online pharmacies is rapidly growing, driven by the convenience and cheaper costs of purchasing prescription drugs electronically, especially under the lockdown situation.
Chiau Soon Long +9 more
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Suspected inappropriate use of prescription and non-prescription drugs among requesting customers: A Saudi community pharmacists’ perspective [PDF]
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2023 Background: Inappropriate use of medications is a global health concern, and this is attributed to the increased accessibility to prescription and non-prescription (over-the-counter) drugs at community pharmacies. We investigated the inappropriate use of
Ayesha Yasmeen +6 more
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Exploring the use of cannabis as a substitute for prescription drugs in a convenience sample. [PDF]
Harm Reduct J, 2021 Background The use of cannabis as medicine (CaM) both prescribed and non-prescribed has increased markedly in the last decade, mirrored in a global shift in cannabis policy towards a more permissive stance.
Kvamme SL +3 more
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Drug prescription in Iceland. [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 1977 Two ad hoc surveys on drugs prescribed in Reykjavik during November 1972 and November 1974 were made. After the first survey a publicity campaign was launched and doctors were encouraged to change their prescribing habits; only minor changes in docotors' prescribing habits were noticed, although it is realised that this type of programme will require a
Almar Grímsson, O Olafsson
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Prevalence and associated factors of non-medical use of prescription drugs among adolescents in secondary schools in Buea, Cameroon: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2023 Background The non-medical use of prescription drugs is a growing public health problem worldwide. Recent trends in Cameroon show that the use of psychoactive substances, among which are prescription drugs by adolescents is becoming a public health issue
Cyrille Nkouonlack +6 more
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Prescription and use of “equivalent” drugs
Clinical Management Issues, 2007 Three case reports, where an “equivalent” drugs is prescribed, are described: a patient treated with lanzoprazole, a man with acute myocardial infarction and a young man with epilepsy.
Mario Eandi
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Nonmedical use of prescription drugs
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2021 : The nonmedical use of prescription drugs, particularly opioids, sedatives, and stimulants, has been cited as epidemic in the United States, accounting for increasing numbers of emergency department visits and deaths from reactions and overdoses.
S. Cremers, Daniel F. B. Wright
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Gambaran pelaksanaan swamedikasi dan pendapat konsumen apotek mengenai konseling obat tanpa resep di wilayah Bantul [PDF]
Pharmaciana, 2017 The use of non-prescription drugs of self-medication has been done by the community to treat various conditions of ailments. The drugs which are often used in self-medication generally belong to the class of non-prescription drugs.
Susan Fitria Candradewi +1 more
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A survey of perceptions and attitudes about direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs among college students in South Korea. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) of prescription drugs can be both beneficial and harmful to healthcare consumers. Therefore, DTCA for prescription drugs is a topic that should be considered crucially, at this point, when the interests of patients ...
Young-Mo Yang +5 more
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