Depression is considered one of the ten most disabling conditions on the planet, causing physical, personal and social limitations. Antidepressants are the most commonly used drug treatment for eliminating or controlling the symptoms of depression. A variety of factors can contribute to treatment abandonment, particularly severe side effects. The present article is aimed to provide information ...

aim and background: in recent years, experts in the field of obsessive-compulsive disorder have been trying to measure the validity and efficiency of pharmaceutical interventions. the meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness of medication on symptoms of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. methods and materials: this meta-analysis was conducted on studies during the past decade in iran...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus has become an international healthcare crisis that requires new approaches to prevent and treat it. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of pharmaceutical care on quality of life (QOL) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS A prospective study on impact of pharmaceutical care on QOL in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus was conduc...

AIMS To investigate how seamless pharmaceutical care could be delivered. METHODS Elderly patients discharged from hospital, to their own home, were randomized into control and study groups. Control and study group patients received the normal discharge information. The study group were also counselled about their medicines and informed about their pharmaceutical care plan. Copies of the plan ...

Analytical monitoring surveys routinely confirm that organisms in the environment are exposed to complex multi-component pharmaceutical mixtures. We are hence tasked with the challenge to take this into consideration when investigating the ecotoxicology of pharmaceuticals. This review first provides a brief overview of the fundamental approaches for mixture toxicity assessment, which is then fo...

©2005 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery doi:10.1302/0301-620X.87B11. 16936 $2.00 J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2005;87-B:1449-51. Medicine, law and religion are the three traditional learned professions. With professionalism should come both privilege and responsibility. As surgeons we study to achieve specialised knowledge and supplement this with training and experience. Our patien...

The main objective of the study was to analyze challenges specificities pharmacist occupation and higher medical-pharmaceutical educational manifestation outlooks in Georgia. a quantitative investigation analysis outlook Georgia, by using questionnaires. Were conducted survey study. in-depth interview method respondents used 7 types approved questionnaires were (Respondents randomly selected): ...

BACKGROUND The roles of pharmacists have evolved from product oriented, dispensing of medications to more patient-focused services such as the provision of pharmaceutical care. Such pharmacy service is also becoming more widely practised in Malaysia but is not well documented. Therefore, this study is warranted to fill this information gap by identifying the types of pharmaceutical care issues ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the costs related to visits and drug prescription in outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus assisted by a pharmaceutical care service. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A prospective and experimental study was carried out. Seventy one patients were divided into two groups: control and pharmaceutical care. Patients in the pharmaceutical care group were followed up monthly by a singl...