BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY Many women use a variety of contraceptive methods during their reproductive lives. Investigating this exposure is one of the most frequently performed epidemiological investigations. Accurate recall of methods used, as well as validating this information, can be difficult. A pilot study compared recalled contraceptive use over 5 years with that documented in the case ...

BACKGROUND The decrease in utility attributed to taking pills for cardiovascular prevention can have major effects on the cost-effectiveness of interventions but has not been well studied. We sought to measure the utility of daily pill-taking for cardiovascular prevention. METHODS AND RESULTS We conducted a cross-sectional Internet-based survey of 1000 US residents aged ≥30 in March 2014. We ...

Numerous therapeutics demonstrate optimal absorption or activity at specific sites in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Yet, safe, effective pill retention within a desired region of the GI remains an elusive goal. We report a safe, effective method for localizing magnetic pills. To ensure safety and efficacy, we monitor and regulate attractive forces between a magnetic pill and an external magn...

Pill induced esophagitis is a rare complication mostly seen in patients using tetracycline and its derivatives or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Here we present a 37 years old female patient experiencing pill esophagitis after taking desloratadine without liquid immediately before going to bed. This was the first pill esophagitis case related with desloratadine reported in the literatur...

BACKGROUND Therapeutic adherence of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is poor. It is therefore necessary to determine the magnitude of non-adherence to develop strategies to correct this behaviour. The purpose of this study was to analyse the diagnostic validity of indirect adherence methods. METHODS SAMPLE 195 COPD patients undergoing scheduled inhaled treatment a...

Non-adherence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in treatment will impact expected clinical outcomes, risk complications, and poor quality life. Home medication review (HMR) is designed to help achieve optimal treatment, such as patient adherence. This study aimed determine adherence levels T2DM blood sugar management. with a pretest-posttest control group design was carried out at And...

Background: Among the non-surgical methods of preventing conception, taking oral contraceptive pills is the most common way. Some of the studies have shown that contraceptive pills due to containing estrogen and progesterone cause lipid peroxidation and as a consequence increase the level of oxidative stress. Aim: To compare the level of plasma Malone dialdehide in LD contraceptive pill and con...

Methods This analysis examined commercially insured patients in the LifeLink claims database. Patients were selected if they had a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS (ICD-9-CM code 042.xx) between 6/1/2006 and 12/31/2008 and received a complete ART regimen defined as 2 nucleoside/ nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) along with a third agent (NNRTI, protease inhibitor, CCR5 antagonist, or int...

CONTEXT Although a growing number of studies have examined how community factors influence contraceptive use, few have explored how such factors affect method choice. METHODS Data from the 1998 South Africa Demographic and Health Survey and the 1998 Eastern Cape Facility Survey were used to examine community and health facility influences on the method choices of 1,165 women aged 15-49 who li...