BACKGROUND Complementary and alternative medicines are used by many consumers, and increasingly are being incorporated into the general practitioner's armamentarium. Despite widespread usage, the evidence base for most complementary therapies is weak or non-existent. Post-antibiotic vulvovaginitis is a common problem in general practice, for which complementary therapies are often used. A recen...

The recent well advertised problems in the treatment of depression (The Times, February 2008) 1 raise important and difficult issues that will impinge upon the medico-legal interface. Antidepressant medicines, used for decades and considered by clinicians to have been effective, have been now deemed not only to be ineffective but to increase the rate of suicide, particularly, it is said, amongs...

PURPOSE To review microbial contamination rates about preparation of individual and batch doses using aseptic techniques within pharmaceutical (controlled) and clinical (ward and theatre) environments. METHODS Systematic review, involving amalgamation of data using a random effect model and metaanalysis. RESULTS A total of 19 studies from 17 reports (7277 doses), mostly single arm studies, ...

BACKGROUND The interaction between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry influences physicians' attitudes and prescribing behavior. Although largely studied in the US, this topic has not been well studied in resource-poor settings, where a close relationship between physicians and industry still exists. OBJECTIVE To describe physician interactions with and attitudes towards the pharmaceu...

www.pharmacypractice.org 178 ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate knowledge of medicines and sources of information about medicines among adolescents in Malta. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used to survey knowledge of medicines and information sources among adolescents attending secondary schools in Malta. A random stratified sample design generated a sample size of 514 students....

The main aim of this study was to find out the barriers in dengue prevention in the Swat District of Khyber Pkhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. A sample size of 354 respondents were proportionally allocated to each Mahallah or street (Tahir Abad, Angaro Dheri, Usman Abad and Banr) and then randomly selected. The association of the independent variable (barriers to prevention) and dependent variables...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence and pattern of self-medication among adult males and females in Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS This cross-sectional community- based survey was carried out at five randomly selected towns of Karachi (Defence, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, North Nazimabad, Malir, Orangi town) over a period of 3 months (October, November & December 2012). A sample size of 500 adult cases (250 m...

OBJECTIVE This article aims to describe how Polish physicians cooperate with the pharmaceutical industry and show how this relationship may pose a threat to public health. METHODS It considers the results of an online survey of 379 physicians. The survey was hosted by surveymonkey.com with links from a Polish physicians' website (Medycyna Praktyczna) between 29 October 2013 and 31 December 20...

The study aimed to determine the impact between rational governance and financial performance on a sample of pharmaceutical companies listed in the Amman Stock Exchange. The questionnaire was used to collect data, where (200) inquiries were received (170) valid for statistical analysis were excluded (10) where used in Analysis process (160) of the total questionnaires distributed and to achieve...

2,6-Dichlorophenol (2,6-DCP) is a compound used for the synthesis of chemicals and pharmaceutical agents. The present work is intended to evaluate the impact of Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment on physical, thermal and spectral properties of the 2,6-DCP. The control and treated 2,6-DCP were characterized by various analytical techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scann...