objective: to compare side effects between users of two kinds of injectable contraceptives (depo-medroxy progesterone acetate and cyclofem). materials and methods: this cross-sectional descriptive study included 250 women, aged 18-40 years, using depo-medroxy progesterone acetate (dmpa) or cyclofem. the volunteers were examined six months after using contraceptive, and they were asked about fol...

Paediatric Urinary Tract Infections are not uncommon, and having an episode of UTI in the early childhood leads to future complications. With ever-increasing antibiotic resistance, the treatment options become more restricted to reserved drugs. This study, including 509 patients and expanded over one year in a tertiary care hospital in Eastern India, tries to throw some light on the recent tren...

In this work, novel injectable calcium phosphate foams (CPFs) were combined with an antibiotic (doxycycline) to design an innovative dosage form for bone regeneration. The material structure, its drug release profile and antibiotic activity were investigated, while its clinical applicability was assessed through cohesion and injectability tests. Doxycycline had a clear effect on both the micro ...

Injectable and stimuli-responsive hydrogels have attracted attention in molecular imaging and drug delivery because encapsulated diagnostic or therapeutic components in the hydrogel can be used to image or change the microenvironment of the injection site by controlling various stimuli such as enzymes, temperature, pH, and photonic energy. In this study, we developed a novel injectable and phot...

Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the cost ratio and percentage variations in different brands commonly prescribed anti-epileptic drugs available Indian pharmaceutical market.Methods: maximum minimum price each brand drug given rupees (INR) noted by using CIMS January April 2020 edition today June volume 1. variation for individual calculated. one bottle case 100 ml syrup 10 tabl...

background: thalassemia is a series of hemoglobinopathies in which the production of perfect hemoglobin is completely or partially suppressed. using injectable iron chelators have been dominating treatment for the iron overload caused by recurrent blood transfusions in thalassemic patients, however, a new oral iron chelating drug (exjade) have been recently introduced and might be cost effectiv...

When Medicare publically released data on payments made to specific physicians in April of 2014, it quickly became apparent that a large portion of 2012 Medicare reimbursements went to ophthalmologists. Part of the reason for this unusually high level of reimbursement was thought to be the cost of injectable drugs such as ranibizumab (brand name Lucentis). This study was designed to compare Haw...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between optimal adherence to the first-generation injectable immunomodulatory drugs (IMDs) for multiple sclerosis (MS) and subsequent disability accumulation. METHODS We accessed prospectively collected linked clinical and administrative health data from British Columbia, Canada. Subjects with MS treated with a first-generation injectable IMD at an MS clin...