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Self Medication.

Hall's journal of health
Self-medication allows individuals to treat minor health issues without a medical prescription, facilitated by the availability of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines (May, L., Schaefer, M., & Tamburro, C., 2023). This practice requires healthcare professionals, particularly pharmacists, to play a key role in ensuring the safe and rational use of ...
Mota, Inês, Mendes, Isabel, Almeida, João, Pires, Maria Francisca, Pires, Tânia C.S.P., Nascimento, Luís   +5 more
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Factors associated with the incidence and the expenditure of self-medication among middle-aged and older adults in China: A cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundWith the accelerated ageing of population and the growing prevalence of various chronic diseases in China, self-medication plays an increasingly important role in complementing the health care system due to its convenience and economy ...
Yuxin Liu, Zehao Zheng, Xiubo Wang, Jiabei Xia, Xingce Zhu, Fanjun Cheng, Zhiyong Liu   +6 more
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Self-medication and non-doctor prescription practices in Pokhara valley, Western Nepal: a questionnaire-based study [PDF]

, 2002
Background Self-medication and non-doctor prescribing of drugs is common in developing countries. Complementary and alternative medications, especially herbs, are also commonly used. There are few studies on the use of these medications in Pokhara Valley,
PR Shankar, P Partha, N Shenoy, J Sclafer, PW Geissler, KK Kafle, RP Gartoulla, VR Kamat, T Greenhalgh, Drug utilization research group, Latin America, R Osaka, F Curtale, B Dhungel, JL Montastruc, OJ Kasilo, A Figueiras, PS Arrais, J Calva, GE Hebeeb, E Ernst   +19 more
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Preference Lecturers And Staffs In Conducting Self Medication

Jurnal IUS, 2019
Self-medication is one of the medication method in which it can cure the disease of a person in the absence of the need to expend much money and effort as well to visit a practitioner.
Trini Handayani
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Self-medication practices during the COVID-19 pandemic among the adult population in Peru: A cross-sectional survey

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2020
Self-medication impacts both negatively and positively the health of people, which has become evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aimed to assess the prevalence of self-medicated drugs used for respiratory symptoms, as COVID-19 preventive ...
Jean Franco Quispe-Cañari, E. Fidel-Rosales, D. Manrique, J. Mascaró-Zan, Katia Medalith Huamán-Castillón, Scherlli E. Chamorro-Espinoza, H. Garayar-Peceros, Vania L. Ponce–López, J. Sifuentes-Rosales, Aldo Alvarez-Risco, J. Yáñez, C. Mejía   +11 more
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Prevalence of self-medication in university students: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit, 2020
Background Self-medication can lead to serious consequences but its overall prevalence in students is not known. Aims The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of self-medication in students through a systematic review and meta-analysis of ...
M. Behzadifar, Masoud Behzadifar, A. Aryankhesal, H. Ravaghi, H. Baradaran, Haniye Sadat Sajadi, M. Khaksarian, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi   +7 more
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Prevalence of Self-medication among MBBS students of a Medical College in Kathmandu

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2020
Introduction: Self-medication refers to self-prescription which includes diagnosing and treating one’s own illness and prescribing for one’s self. Though appropriate self-medication relieves acute symptoms, is time saving and economical, it should not be
Anjan Khadka, Kumud Kumar Kafle
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Prevalence of self-medication practices and its associated factors in Urban Puducherry, India

Perspectives in Clinical Research, 2014
Background and Objectives: Self medication is an important concern for health authorities at global level. This study was aimed to find the prevalence of self medication for allopathic drugs and associated factors among households of urban community ...
Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, Ganesh Kumar S, Archana Ramalingam   +2 more
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Granulation Methods and the Mechanisms for Improving Hardness of Loxoprofen Sodium Hydrate-Containing Tablets

Pharmaceutics
Objectives: We investigated the compression mechanisms for loxoprofen sodium (LXP), which is known to occur as a dihydrate, and identified parameters that influence the tablet hardness of LXP tablets prepared by the wet granulation method.
Aya Kuwata, Agata Ishikawa, Tetsuo Ono, Etsuo Yonemochi   +3 more
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Cross-cultural validation and psychometric evaluation of the Self-Medication Assessment Tool (SMAT) for assessing and optimizing medication therapy management of older people [PDF]

, 2018
Background, rationale and objectives: The assessment of medication management ability in the elderly can be performed using specific tools, such as the Self-Medication Assessment Tool, which considers real and simulated regimens.
Advinha, Ana Margarida, de Barros, Carla Teixeria, de Oliveira-Martins, Sofia, Guerreiro, Maria Pereira, Lopes, Manuel José, Nunes, Carla   +5 more
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