drug prescription errors are a common cause of adverse incidents and may lead to adverse outcomes, sometimes in subtle ways, being compounded by circumstances or further errors. therefore, it is important that veterinarians issue the correct drug at the correct dose. using two or more prescribed drugs may lead to drug interactions. some drug interactions are very harmful and may have potential ...

background measures taken over the past four years in greece to reduce pharmaceutical expenditure have led to significant price reductions for medicines, but have also changed patient cost-sharing rates for prescription drugs. this study attempts to capture the resulting increase in patients’ out-of-pocket (oop) expenses for prescription drugs during the 2011-2014 period.   methods the authors ...

BACKGROUND Tretinoin is considered the benchmark prescription topical therapy for improving fine facial wrinkles, but skin tolerance issues can affect patient compliance. In contrast, cosmetic antiwrinkle products are well tolerated but are generally presumed to be less efficacious than tretinoin. OBJECTIVES To compare the efficacy of a cosmetic moisturizer regimen vs. a prescription regimen ...

To meet the need that real-time access to scientific fertilizer suggestions, and make full use of existing digital resources of cultivated land, a solution is proposed based on WebGIS and fertilization model. With Jinshan county of Hubei province as a case, under the support of spatial database of cultivated land resource, the prescription fertilization system is developed based on MapXtreme an...

background and objectives: the expanding field of psychopharmacology is constantly seeking new and improved drugs to treat psychiatric disorders. although psychotropic drugs have had a remarkable impact in psychiatry, their utilization, effectiveness, and side effects in the in clinical practice need continuous study. the present study was thus designed to analyze the pattern of psychotropic dr...

drug utilization evaluation (due) is an effective program to identify variability in drug use and to support interventions that will improve patient outcomes. the appropriate use of enoxaparin, a low molecular weight heparin (lmwh), which is widely used as curative or preventive treatment of thromboembolic disorders was assessed in the study. a prospective due was carried out at masih daneshvar...