Injectable contraceptives are fast becoming the method of choice among married women in sub-Saharan Africa. In several countries in the region, the proportion of women using injectable methods has surpassed the proportion of women using the pill. This is true even in some countries where the pill had been the most popular modern method in the 1980s and 1990s. This paper analyzes data from six s...

Contemporary management of anterior urethral strictures requires both endoscopic as well as complex substitution urethroplasty, depending on the nature of the urethral stricture. Recent clinical and experimental studies have explored the possibility of augmenting traditional endoscopic urethral stricture management with anti-fibrotic injectable medications. Additionally, although buccal mucosa ...

Nowadays, whenever is possible and as an alternative to open spine surgery, minimally invasive procedures are preferred treat spinal cord injuries (SCI), with percutaneous injections or small incisions, that faster, less traumatic, require recovery time. Injectable repair systems based on materials can be injected in the lesion site, eventually loaded drugs even cells, act scaffolds for repair....

Targeted and sustained release of doxorubicin was achieved through a self-healable injectable ionic hydrogel.

Approximately 80% of patients with the first-episode schizophrenia reach symptomatic remission after antipsychotic therapy. However, within two years most of them relapse, mainly due to low levels of insight into the illness and nonadherence to their oral medication. Therefore, although the formal data available is limited, many experts recommend prescribing long-acting injectable second-genera...

Abstract Abstract Background: Availability and affordability of medicines are crucial to achieving success in prevention programs, particularly in developing countries. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the availability and affordability of cardiovascular medicines for secondary prevention in Tehran province of Iran. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Tehran pro...

Background In 2010, the FDA approved the use of extended-release injectable naltrexone (Vivitrol©) for the treatment of opioid dependence. Preliminary evidence from prior studies indicates that monthly injections of Vivitrol are effective in treating opioid dependence after initial detoxification. This longitudinal exploratory study measures demographics, medication adherence, sobriety (urinaly...

The study aimed to synthesise qualitative studies of lay experiences of medicine taking. Most studies focused on the experience of those not taking their medicine as prescribed, with few considering those who reject their medicines or accept them uncritically. Most were concerned with medicines for chronic illnesses. The synthesis revealed widespread caution about taking medicines and highlight...


 Injectable diacetylmorphine might provide more benefits and lower costs compared with oral methadone maintenance therapy in patients severe opioid use disorder.
 The Canadian Research Initiative Substance Misuse guideline recommends that both injectable hydromorphone should be considered as treatment options for individuals severe, treatment-refractory disorder ongoing illicit injec...

BACKGROUND In 2009, China implemented the national essential medicines system by enacting the National Essential Medicines List 2009. According to the policy of this system, primary health care institutions can only stock and use essential medicines on the prescribed List. Meanwhile, each province can choose to make its own list of supplemented medicines. The goal of the study is to provide sug...