medication error (me) is the most common preventable cause of adverse drug events which negatively affects patient safety. inadequate, low-quality studies plus wide estimation variations in me from developing countries including iran, decreases the reliability of me evaluations. to clarify sources, underreporting reasons and preventive measures of mes, we reviewed iran current available literat...

BACKGROUND Atopic Dermatitis is a chronic relapsing eczematous skin disease with increasing prevalence and rising costs. It has a clear impact on a patient's quality of life. Many patients are worried about the use of usual care techniques, such as corticosteroids and antihistamine due to the widespread fear of adverse effects. Complementary and alternative medical approaches have been employed...

This paper is based upon a ten year study on the combination of venesection (fasd), blood letting (hejamat) and herbal therapy in the treatment of sciatalgia as based on the sayings of the Holy Prophet of Islam and his family. In this paper we present venesection and blood letting as two major methods of treating sciatalgia in parallel with herbal therapy and we demonstrate the efficiency of th...

This paper is based upon a ten year study on the combination of venesection (fasd), blood letting (hejamat) and herbal therapy in the treatment of sciatalgia as based on the sayings of the Holy Prophet of Islam and his family. In this paper we present venesection and blood letting as two major methods of treating sciatalgia in parallel with herbal therapy and we demonstrate the efficiency of th...

The use of the urine drug screen (UDS) to test for substances of abuse has become commonplace because urine is relatively easily obtained and concentrations of drug in urine tend to be higher than in other biological matrices (1). The UDS is increasingly utilized as a pre-employment requirement, toxicological screen in the emergency room, as part of a general admissions medical screen at inpati...

Objective: Hepatic impairment resulting from the use of conventional drugs is widely acknowledged, but there is less awareness of the potential hepatotoxicity of herbal preparations and other botanicals, many of which are believed to be harmless and are commonly used for self-medication without supervision. The aim of this paper is to examine the evidence for hepatotoxicity of botanicals and dr...

BACKGROUND Evidence remains limited on why diabetes and hypertensive patients admitted to long-term drug therapy miss doses or discontinue medication taking. We examined this phenomenon from the perspective of diabetes and hypertension patients at a Ghanaian teaching hospital. METHODS Between July and December 2015, we conducted a qualitative study targeting caregivers and their patients with...

Background & aim: Self-medication as a global challenge for mother and baby is a potential threat and it is common not only in developing countries but also in developed countries. Various factors affect drug use. This study aimed to determine the rate of practicing self-medication and its related factors in pregnant women. M...

INTRODUCTION Self medication is usually defined as intake of any type of drugs for treating oneself without professional supervision to relieve an illness or a condition. Self medication is an issue with serious global implications. In this study it was aimed to determine the knowledge, attitudes and behavior of self medication by the near coming physicians. METHODS A cross-sectional study wa...

Background Patients have a wide range of explanations for their depression and it is not known how these beliefs influence subsequent behaviour and hence outcome. Research question What are patients’ beliefs about depression and do they relate to duration of antidepressant treatment? Design of study Cross-sectional questionnaire survey Setting A general practice in the South of England Methods ...