Background: prescribing is the first and foremost component in the process of using drugs. Hence, it is a vital element in rational drug use. The concept of rational prescribing requires that the prescriber follows correct and complete prescription writing. Prescribing errors may have various detrimental consequences. Hence, the components of a prescription should be clearly written, free of dr...

Author details Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Traditional Iranian Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Medicinal Plants Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharm...

1 “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 2 Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 3 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 4 Department of Neurology I, Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu...

1 Department of Pharmaceutics, Seven Hills College of Pharmacy, Tirupathi, AP, India. 2 Faculty, Department of Pharmaceutics, OMER EL MUKHTAR University, Al-Beida, Libiya 3 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shankarlingam Bhuvaneswari College of Pharmacy, Sivakasi, TN,India 4 Principal, Seven Hills College of Pharmacy, Tirupathi, AP, India 5 Research Director, Seven Hills College of Pharma...

Department of Phytopharmaceuticals (Traditional Pharmacy), School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Medicinal Plants Processing Research Centre, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of...

Human resources development in society or organization is a necessity to secure progress. Without such development societies or organizations fail to achieve their objectives. Human resources development is a three-stage measure to meet the requirements of each society or organization. These three stages are: a) planning and programming: at this stage qualitative and quantitative needs are dete...

OBJECTIVES To assess whether electronic prescribing is a comprehensive health management tool that may contribute to rational drug use, particularly in polymedicated patients receiving 16 or more medications in the public healthcare system in the Barcelona Health Region (BHR). DESIGN 16 months of retrospective study followed by 12 months of prospective monitoring. SETTING Primary healthcare...