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Prescribers adherence to the basic principles of prescrption orders writing in South West Ethiopia

open access: yesNational Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2012
Background: A prescription is an instruction from a prescriber to a dispenser. The prescriber is not always a doctor but can also be a paramedical worker, such as a medical assistant, a midwife or a nurse.
Sadikalmahdi Hussen Abdella   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety of Prescription Nonsteroidal Anti‐inflammatory Drugs in Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Data From a Large Administrative Claims Cohort

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The concern that nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may precipitate flares of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has limited their use in managing musculoskeletal symptoms in those with IBD, but safety data are mixed. Methods This retrospective cohort study included patients with IBD aged at least 18 years from Optum's deidentified ...
Adam S. Mayer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmaceuticals: Access, Cost, Pricing, and Directions for the Future. 13th Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy [PDF]

open access: yes
Prescription drug expenditures make up less than 10 percent of total personal health care expenditures in the United States, but over the last decade the amount that Americans spend on prescription drugs has grown much faster than any other component of ...
Patricia M. Danzon, Stephen B. Soumerai
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Cost-Sharing: Effects on Spending and Outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Reviews what is known and not known about the effects of consumer cost-sharing on distribution of and total spending, health outcomes, services, and prescription drugs and how responses to cost-sharing vary by socioeconomic factors and health ...
Katherine Swartz
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A comparison of attitudes toward cognitive enhancement and legalized doping in sport in a community sample of Australian adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: This article compares public attitudes toward the use of prescription drugs for cognitive enhancement with the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport.
Hall, Wayne   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Perceived Impacts and Predictors of Cannabis Products used by Rheumatology Patients in Alberta: A Multivariable Analysis of Cross‐sectional Survey Data

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective This study aimed to characterize cannabis product choices (cannabinoid content and formulation) among rheumatology patients, and their associations with patient factors, patient reported perceived side effects and positive impacts. Methods An online survey (delivered from March to November 2022) was distributed by Alberta Health Services to ...
Susan Zhang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policing Online Pharmacies: Bioterrorism Meets the War on Drugs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
In light of the recent terrorists attacks and the increasing threat of bioterrorism, many U.S. citizens have turned to the Internet in an attempt to gather the supplies needed to protect them and their loved ones.
Sweet, Mark
core   +1 more source

Real‐world trends in prenatal antirheumatic drug utilization in Ontario, Canada: A cross‐sectional time‐series analysis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives This study aimed to describe real‐world trends in preconception and prenatal use of antirheumatic drugs among pregnant individuals with rheumatic diseases in Ontario, Canada. Methods We conducted a time‐series analysis using repeated cross‐sectional data to examine annual patterns of disease‐modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) use among ...
Shenthuraan Tharmarajah   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Snapshot: Just Looking: Consumer Use of the Internet to Manage Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Presents survey data on Internet access and health care-related use in California by purpose, age, education, and prescription drugs or emergency room use, as well as data on use of ratings for hospitals, health plans, and physicians by health ...

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Structure Formation in Butterfly Scales: Interplay of Genetic Control, Mechanical Instabilities, and Dynamic Material Properties

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Butterfly wing scales are intricate cuticular functional nanosctructures. This perspective suggests that spatially varying material properties, cytoskeletal constraints, and growth‐driven mechanical instabilities shape the resulting nanoscale architectures created from single cells.
Anupama Prakash   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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