Background Rational prescription is a considerable issue which must be paid more attention to assess the behavior of prescribers. The aim of this study was to examine factors affecting family physicians’ drug prescribing.   Methods We carried out a retrospective cross-sectional study in Khuzestan province, Iran in 2011. Nine hundred eighty-six prescriptions of 421 family physicians (including 3...

Ever wondered what in the world that meant? Especially when you walk into a world class buffet and take in the spread of food. Hot and cold cereals and porridges, freshly baked rolls and breads of countless varieties stacked neatly in wicker baskets, pastries, crepes, crumpets, pancakes and waffles artistically piled up with every accompaniment you could imagine: cream, cinnamon sugar, honey, s...

703 VOLUME 46__AUGUST 17, 2009 Acute cough is perhaps the single most common presenting symptom in children wherein treatment is demanded and/or initiated. Often it is clinically trivial but very disturbing for the child and family; at other times it can appear harmless but reflect underlying disease. In addition, there is sometimes dichotomy between the physicians’ and patients’ perspectives; ...

Seed galactomannans commonly known as seed gums, are important food hydrocolloids used all over the world in different industries. They exhibit excellent binding, suspending, emulsifying, thickening, stabilizing and water-holding properties and could be utilized for the preparation of pharmaceutical dosage forms like tablets, syrups, suspensions, lotions, ointments and for sustained drug releas...

1: Ampyra (fampridine SR) Lancet. 2009 Feb 28;373(9665):732-8. Sustained-release oral fampridine in multiple sclerosis: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial. Goodman AD, Brown TR, Krupp LB, Schapiro RT, Schwid SR, Cohen R, Marinucci LN, Blight AR; Fampridine MS-F203 Investigators. Collaborators: Agius M, Arnason BG, Bethoux FA, Bever CT Jr, Bowen JD, Brown TR, Dietrich DW, Edwards K, Fr...