OBJECTIVE To identify effective strategies for marketing pharmacist-provided medication therapy management (MTM) services to patients in a self-insured employer setting. DESIGN Qualitative study. SETTING University of Pittsburgh during March through May 2008. PARTICIPANTS 26 university employees taking at least one chronic medication. INTERVENTION Three focus group sessions were conduct...

Osmotic laxatives produce the best results. Fiber and behavior modification may have a role. Increased fiber and behavior modification are the most often recommended first steps in managing chronic functional constipation (CFC) in children, but only limited evidence supports this approach. For pharmacologic management, the best evidence supports osmotic laxatives.

New-onset diabetes is a serious condition and is characterised by insulin resistance and dyslipidemia affecting adults and more lately children. Diabetic dyslipidemia is characterised by high plasma triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) particles, and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Individuals with dyslipidemia have a high 10-year risk of atherosclerot...

THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE TREATMENT FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA SOMATIC THERAPIES Pharmacologic Background The Introduction of Chlorpromazine The Dopamine Hypothesis Overview of Treatment Issues The Older “Classical” Neuroleptics What are the Target Symptoms for Neuroleptics Adverse Effects The Newer “Atypical” or “Second Generation” Neuroleptics Pharmacology of “Second Generation” Neuroleptic...

BACKGROUND Although medication adherence is one of the most important aspects of the management of diabetes mellitus, low rates of adherence have been documented. OBJECTIVE This study sought to examine medication adherence among patients with diabetes mellitus in a managed care organization who were receiving antidiabetic monotherapy (metformin or glyburide), combination therapy (metformin an...

background: studies showed that poor quality of sleep is a common problem among the elderly. because of drug complications and side effects such as drug dependency and resistance and decrease of sleep depth in long‑term intake of sleep medication, cognitive‑behavior therapy including sleep restriction therapy which does not cause these problems is more considered. materials and methods: this is...

this study is aimed to compare two treatment modalities in term of decreasing depression symptoms in divorced women in city of tehran. it is an experimental study .the beck depression test was done in divorced women with depression symptoms, then they were randomly assigned to 2 groups, one group received only pharmacologic agents and the other group received both medication and cognitive thera...

BACKGROUND   Medication overuse headache is a common condition with a population-based prevalence of more than 1-2%. Treatment is based on education, withdrawal treatment (detoxification), and prophylactic treatment. It also includes management of withdrawal headache. AIMS   This guideline aims to give treatment recommendations for this headache. MATERIALS AND METHODS   Evaluation of the sc...

Overactive bladder is a common, debilitating condition for many patients who may benefit from pharmacological management of their condition. However, adherence to medication in this condition is markedly worse than other chronic medical conditions. This review explores what is known about persistence and the factors which influence medication adherence for overactive bladder, those factors that...