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Background: Prescription drug use including pain relievers and stimulants has been a growing problem in young adults and the issue has been a public health concern for years.
Sreelekha Prakash+2 more
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Background. An inappropriate prescribing pattern of antimigraine drugs by doctors may often encourage inappropriate self-medication by patients because of the asymmetry of medical information. Objective.
G. Soni, S. Jain, P. Rathi, P. Goswami
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Association Between Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs and Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents.
Importance Suicidal behavior is a leading cause of injury and death worldwide, and previous cross-sectional studies have demonstrated that nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) was associated with suicidality.
Lan Guo+9 more
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Youth Marijuana and Prescription Drug Abuse in Anchorage [PDF]
Complete issue of Alaska Justice Forum 33(1), Spring 2016 at https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/handle/11122/6883.This article examines results of the Adult Perceptions of Anchorage Youth: 2015 Survey (APAYS) to examine perceptions and concerns of Anchorage
Lepage, Cory R., Rivera, Marny
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Semi‐automated hippocampal avoidance whole‐brain radiotherapy planning
Abstract Background Hippocampal avoidance whole‐brain radiotherapy (HA‐WBRT) is designed to spare cognitive function by reducing radiation dose to the hippocampus during the treatment of brain metastases. Current manual planning methods can be time‐consuming and may vary in quality, necessitating the development of automated approaches to streamline ...
Dong Joo Rhee+9 more
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Older people's attitudes towards their regular medicines [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Many qualitative studies examine older people's attitudes towards their medicines. Often these studies focus on the topic of medicines adherence. In contrast, this study aims to explore the attitudes of older people, aged 75 years and older,
Bagge M, Tordoff J, Norris P, Heydon S
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Objective: Prescription drug diversion, the transfer of prescription drugs from lawful to unlawful channels for distribution or use, is a problem in the United States.
Shana Harris+10 more
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Branding of prescription and non-prescription drugs [PDF]
It is worthwhile to note that, while health related products are mostly function driven categories, health in itself is an emotive and personal subject. With this perspective, pharmaceutical companies need to focus on understanding the importance of branding in this rapidly changing social behaviour, competitive landscape, communication tools and ...
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Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Expenditures and Public Prescription Drug Programs [PDF]
Canadian household prescription drug expenditures are studied using different years of the Statistics Canada Family Expenditure Survey. Master files are used, expanding the number of available years and permitting provincial rather than regional identifiers. Nonparametric Engel curves are estimated.
Sule Alan+3 more
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Prescription Drugs Online [PDF]
Presents findings from a survey conducted in May and June 2004. Looks at issues of convenience and trust in purchasing prescriptions online, drug-related spam, and future ...
Susannah Fox
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