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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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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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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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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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Prescriptions of psychopharmacologic drugs in Austria in 2019 and 2020 – Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic

European Psychiatry, 2022
Background Measures to reduce the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have an impact on the mental health of the general population. Drug prescription rates can be used as a surrogate marker to estimate help seeking and health parameters of a population.
Dietmar Winkler, Berthold Reichardt, Max Rothenberg, Dan Rujescu, Edda Pjrek   +4 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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Predicting benzodiazepine prescriptions: A proof-of-concept machine learning approach

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
IntroductionBenzodiazepines are the most commonly prescribed psychotropic medications, but they may place users at risk of serious adverse effects. Developing a method to predict benzodiazepine prescriptions could assist in prevention efforts.MethodsThe ...
Kerry L. Kinney, Kerry L. Kinney, Yufeng Zheng, Yufeng Zheng, Matthew C. Morris, Matthew C. Morris, Julie A. Schumacher, Julie A. Schumacher, Saurabh B. Bhardwaj, Saurabh B. Bhardwaj, James K. Rowlett, James K. Rowlett   +11 more
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Comparison of opioid prescribing by dentists in the United States and England [PDF]

, 2019
Importance: The United States consumes most of the opioids worldwide despite representing a small portion of the world\u27s population. Dentists are one of the most frequent US prescribers of opioids despite data suggesting that nonopioid analgesics are ...
Calip, Gregory S, Durkin, Michael J, Gellad, Walid F, Kim, Hajwa, Lockhart, Peter B, Rowan, Susan A, Suda, Katie J, Thornhill, Martin H   +7 more
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