Background: Inflammation caused by diapers is one of the most common skin diseases in infants and children all over the world. Among the current therapies, modern chemical medicines are the most common ways of therapy despite their potential risks. In the present study, a variety of available chemical and complementary therapies are presented to facilitate the selection or further research on t...

UNLABELLED Practice of self-medication has not been evaluated in hospitalized patients especially in Nigerian hospitals. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the practice of self-medication among hospitalized patients with an aim to unearth some of the reasons for, and perceptions of benefits of this type of behaviour in secondary health care facilities. METHODS This study was carried out among 197 in-pa...

Introduction: Self‐ medication is commonly practiced all over the world. Self-medication is defined as the use of medication by a patient on his own initiative or on the advice of a pharmacist or a lay person instead of consulting a medical practitioner. The present study was aimed to estimate the prevalence of self-medication for oral health problems among dental patients in Bengaluru city; to...

BACKGROUND Self-medication, often without adult guidance, has been reported to be a common practice during adolescence. Similar to other preventable health-risk behaviors initiated in early adolescence, it has become a cause for concern universally. OBJECTIVE This study examines the prevalence of self-medication with both prescribed and non-prescribed (OTC) medications, related health complai...

Rare hepatotoxicity has been ascribed to drugs and dietary supplements (DDS), but a vigorous causality evaluation using a quantitative approach has not always been performed.1-6 Causality assessment is crucial in face of incomplete documentation of cases; the failure of exclusion of other causes for the observed liver disease; and the co-medication with other chemically defined drugs as well as...

The choice of self-medication is used as an excuse by the public to break chain spread Covid-19, but if it not done properly can pose a risk health. Self-medication will be successful community knows adequate information such recognizing symptoms disease, choosing generic or traditional medicine products according indications, following instructions for use and monitoring results. Knowledge abo...

The prevalence of herbal medicine use during pregnancy is between 7% and 55%, depending upon the geographic area surveyed and the surveyed group's socio-cultural aspects and ethnicity. Why are women taking natural health products (NHPs) in pregnancy? Women who learn they are pregnant are concerned about the safety of their fetus and may turn to NHPs rather than prescription medication. Use of N...

yes, some are. acupuncture relieves subjective symptoms of asthma and reduces medication use in mild to moderate asthma (strength of recommendation [sor]: A, based on systematic review of randomized controlled trials [rCTs] of variable quality). Herbal medications, such as Ginkgo biloba, appear to improve lung function, while herbs such as Tylophora indica and Tsumura saiboku-to may decrease as...

Nutraceuticals are food product that provides health as well as medical benefits; including the prevention and treatment of disease. Few nutraceuticals are being used as pharmaceutical and a number of other being used and purchased by the general public as self-medication. Such products may range from dietary supplements to genetically engineered foods, herbal products and processed foods. Clin...

Diabecon (D-400), a herbal formulation with hypoglycaemic effect, was studied for 12 weeks in 43 patients of maturity-onset diabetes. Diabecon (D-400) significantly reduced fasting (FBS) and twohour postprandial blood sugar (PPBS) in newly diagnosed diabetics and in those already stabilised on antidiabetic medication. Oral hypoglycaemic agents could be omitted in 80% of cases, and the dosage co...