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Availability of emergency contraception in large Brazilian municipalities: a guaranteed right?

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
Introduction: Emergency Contraception (EC) is available in Brazil since 1996, when it was adopted as one if the family planning strategies and, in 1998, for use in services assisting victims of sexual violence.
Ana Carolina Gomes Pinheiro, Bárbara Manuella Cardoso Sodré Alves, Claudia Mara Pedrosa, Tiago Marques dos Reis, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi, Ivan Ricardo Zimmermann, Silvana Nair Leite, Rafael Santos Santana   +7 more
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Le spectre de la dépendance aux médicaments chez les usagers. Sens et enjeux d’une notion

Anthropologie & Santé, 2018
In the context of repeated health scandals concerning pharmaceuticals and the pressing need for pharmacovigilance, the question arises as to the decisions individuals take in response to being issued a prescription.
Sylvie Fainzang
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Using early childhood infections to predict late childhood antibiotic consumption: a prospective cohort study

BJGP Open, 2020
Background: In the Swedish welfare system, the prescription and price of antibiotics is regulated. Even so, socioeconomic circumstances might affect the consumption of antibiotics for children.
Kristian Gjessing, Johnny Ludvigsson, Åshild Olsen Faresjö, Tomas Faresjö   +3 more
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Evaluation of Drug Use Patterns in Intensive Care Unit of Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2021
Background: Prescription of rational drugs is needed to save critically ill patients. This study was conducted to assess the prescription patterns of drugs in the intensive care unit.
Rinku Ghimire, Rupesh Kumar Shreewastav
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Delayed antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory infections [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Concerns exist regarding antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) owing to adverse reactions, cost, and antibacterial resistance. One proposed strategy to reduce antibiotic prescribing is to provide prescriptions, but to
Del Mar, Chris B, Dooley, Liz, Farley, Rebecca, Foxlee, Ruth, Spurling, Geoffrey K P   +4 more
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How to improve drug dosing for patients with renal impairment in primary care - a cluster-randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at increased risk for inappropriate or potentially harmful prescribing. The aim of this study was to examine whether a multifaceted intervention including the use of a software programme for the ...
Beyer, Martin, Erler, Antje, Gerlach, Ferdinand M., Haefeli, Walter E., Petersen, Juliana, Rath, Thomas, Rochon, Justine, Saal, Kristina   +7 more
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Innovative Application of Medicinal Insects: Employing UHPLC-MS, Bioinformatics, In Silico Studies and In Vitro Experiments to Elucidate the Multi-Target Hemostatic Mechanism of Glenea cantor (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Charcoal-Based Medicine

Pharmaceuticals
Background: Longhorn beetles, a widely recognized group of Chinese traditional medicinal insects, are characterized by their notable hemostatic properties.
Bangyu Zhong, Wen Zhang, Liangshan Ming, Qimeng Fan, Lei Zhang, Hongyu Lai, Genwang Huang, Hongning Liu, Zishu Dong   +8 more
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Older patients' prescriptions screening in the community pharmacy: development of the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy Screening (GheOP3S) tool [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Ageing of the population often leads to polypharmacy. Consequently, potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) becomes more frequent. Systematic screening for PIP in older patients in primary care could yield a large improvement in health ...
Boussery, Koen, Mehuys, Els, Petrovic, Mirko, Somers, Annemie, Tommelein, Eline, van der Cammen, Tischa   +5 more
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Lacidophilin tablets relieve irritable bowel syndrome in rats by regulating gut microbiota dysbiosis and intestinal inflammation

Scientific Reports
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common clinical functional gastrointestinal disease. It has a complex pathophysiological mechanism, in which the imbalance of gut microbiota might play an important role.
Huiqun Fan, Yang Zhan, Xiaoying Cheng, Mintao Tan, Yingmeng Li, Yanxia Xiong, Qiong Li, Wenjun Liu   +7 more
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Pharmacists’ practices for non-prescribed antibiotic dispensing in Mozambique

Pharmacy Practice, 2020
Background: Antibiotics are the most frequently used medicines worldwide with most of the countries defining these as prescription-only medicines. Though, dispensing non-prescribed antibiotics represent one of the chief causal factors to the irrational ...
Neusa F. Torres , Vernon P. Solomon , Lyn E. Middleton   +2 more
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