evidence acquisition a wide variety of treatment regimens exist for acne vulgaris including benzoil peroxide, retinoids, isotretinoids, keratolytic soaps, alpha hydroxy acids, azelaic acid, salicilic acid as well as hormonal, anti-androgen or antiseborrheic treatments. however, none of these methods is free of side effects and their exact role in therapy is not clear. in this paper apart from p...

background & aim: ethnoveterinary medicinal plants of iran are not scientifically well known, but they have been using traditionally especially in rural areas.this study was carried out to identify the folk herbal veterinary medicines (fhvm) of zilberchay watershed in east azerbaijan province in northwest of iran. experimental: fhvm plants were identified by collecting plant species from th...

Background Essential medicine policy is a successful global health policy to promote rational drug use. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the National Essential Medicines Policy (NEMP) on the rational drug use in primary care institutions in Jiangsu Province of China. Methods In this exploratory study, a multistage, stratified, random sampling was used to select 3400 prescri...

Introduction: Rhabdomyolysis is a rare and potentially serious adverse drug reaction to antipsychotic medicines. We present a case that developed rhabdomyolysis following the intake of 200 mg olanzapine and 6 gr quetiapine for a suicide attempt. Case Report: A 49-year-old male patient was submitted to the emergency department with complaint of taking an excessive amount of olanzapine (10 mg) an...

1. Monensin (CAS 17090-79-8, CAS 22373-78-0 for sodium salt) is a polyether antibiotic from the group of carboxylic ionophores produced by Streptomyces cinnamonensis. Monensin is used as the sodium salt. It is composed of the analogues A, B, C and D with monensin A being the major component (equivalent to 98%). The intended use as a veterinary medicinal product in lactating dairy cattle is as a...

Cardiovascular disease is one of the most important causes of death in the world. There are variety of plans and strategies to treatment and prevention of CVD. Medicines have significant role to reach the goals. Ensuring Affordability of medicines is very crucial to success in these programs. The impoverishment method which focuses on the impoverishing effect of the purchasing of medicines is o...

Editor’s introduction: Permanente in Banda Aceh! When I was providing care for tsunami survivors in a village in northern Indonesia in January 2005, I encountered patients with life-threatening P. falciparum malaria. (A 14-year-old had expired the day before we arrived.) For that reason, I went into the city of Banda Aceh to acquire antimalarial medicines. I was directed to the office of Malari...

background: toxic exposures in childhood are major health concern. in this hospital-based study, we sought to investigate socio-epidemiological factors contributing to acute pediatric poisoning in chennai, tamil nadu, india. methods: this prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the kanchi kamakoti childs trust hospital (kkcth), a tertiary care hospital for children in chennai. childr...