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Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016 Background: Drug prescription pattern for the treatment of falciparum malaria differs widely from place to place; but there is also some intra organizational variation of prescription pattern of anti-malarial drugs for the treatment of falciparum malaria.
Pratyay Pratim Datta
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PHYSICIAN KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF PRESCRIPTION POLICY
Jurnal Administrasi Kesehatan Indonesia, 2020 Background: The minimum standard of generic prescription drugs at a hospital is at 90%. However, the preliminary study discovered the use of generic drugs at Kalisat District Hospital, Jember from 2009 to 2011 was amounted to 57.50%, while the use of ...
Isna Rahmawati, Venia Ilma Dwi Prastika
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Trends in Prices of Popular Brand-Name Prescription Drugs in the United States
JAMA Network Open, 2019 Key Points Question What are the prices of top-selling brand-name prescription drugs in the United States, and how have these prices changed in recent years? Findings In this economic evaluation of 49 common top-selling brand-name drugs, 78% of the drugs
N. Wineinger, Yunyue Zhang, E. Topol
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International Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies, 2013 Nonmedical use of prescription drugs has become a serious social problem among American youth. Two general categories of motives for the nonmedical use of prescription drugs include self-treatment and recreational use.
Whitney D. Gunter +2 more
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The consequences of patient charges for prescription drugs in Canada: a cross-sectional survey.
CMAJ Open, 2018 BACKGROUND Many Canadians face substantial out-of-pocket charges for prescription drugs. Prior work suggests that this causes some patients to not take their medications as prescribed; however, we have little understanding of whether charges for ...
M. Law +6 more
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Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2020 Background: Hypertension is leading cause of deaths in the world. It is a modifiable and major risk factor for cardiovascular, renal and brain diseases. This study was done to see the current trend of prescription patterns of antihypertensive drugs in a ...
Kamal Sharma Lamsal +2 more
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Cannabis as a substitute for prescription drugs – a cross-sectional study
Journal of Pain Research, 2017 Background The use of medical cannabis is increasing, most commonly for pain, anxiety and depression. Emerging data suggest that use and abuse of prescription drugs may be decreasing in states where medical cannabis is legal. The aim of this study was to
Jamie Corroon +2 more
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Brain Science, 2018 Recently, a range of prescription and over-the-counter drugs have been reportedly used as Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), due to their potential for abuse resulting from their high dosage/idiosyncratic methods of self-administration.
F. Schifano +3 more
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Predictors of Antibiotics Co-prescription with Antimalarials for Patients Presenting with Fever in Rural Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 Successful implementation of malaria treatment policy depends on the prescription practices for patients with malaria. This paper describes prescription patterns and assesses factors associated with co-prescription of antibiotics and artemether ...
A Mannan +43 more
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An Updated Analysis of Direct-to-Consumer Television Advertisements for Prescription Drugs
Annals of Family Medicine, 2018 PURPOSE In 2015, the American Medical Association called for a ban of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) for prescription drugs. Yet, the pharmaceutical industry spends more than ever on broadcast advertisements, with national health care costs ...
J. Applequist, J. Ball
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