purpose : the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of social skills training, drug therapy and their combination in the treatment of females with major depressive disorder.   method : 21 females with major depression were randomly selected and were then randomly assigned to three (drug therapy, social skills training and combination therapy). in order to control the variables such ...

Background Malaria accounts for 60% of outpatient visits in Nigeria. The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge of malaria and its treatment practices in Enugu state, Nigeria.   Methods Qualitative data was collected through the use of focus group discussions (FGDs), from six villages three each from urban and rural areas of Enugu state, Nigeria. A total of 18 FGDs involving 189 participa...

Pentavalent antimonials (SbV) have been successfully used for treatment of kala-azar since last six decades. Since 1970s its conventional dosages have failed to achieve with 60 per cent unresponsiveness reported with WHO regimen in Bihar (India). Pentamidine initially used as a second line of drug, acquired resistance (25%) even with prolonged dosage. Newer oral drug miltefosine is a potent ant...

REVIEW ARTICLE Nanomedicine-Mediated Combination Drug Therapy in Tumor Dazhong Chen, Fangyuan Xie, Duxin Sun, Chuan Yin, Jie Gao and Yanqiang Zhong Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, China Department of Gastroenterology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China Department of Pharmaceu...

glimepiride/metformin(2/500mg) is an oral antihyperglycemic agent for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. a generic glimepiride/metformin(2/500mg) fixed-dose combination(fdc) tablet was developed recently. this study was designed to collect data for submission to korean regulatory authorities to allow the marketing of the test formulation. we evaluated the comparative bioavailability and tolerabi...