here are a growing number of drugs and vast literature coming through every day. Clinicians are hard pressed to keep up with all the recent advents due to shortage of time, however, for safe and efficacious use of medicines, unbiased, up to date and objective information about the drugs is essential. Medicines are now considered as active substances plus information 1. Information obtained from...

Today pharmacists provide indispensable drug information to patients, however, few studies have examined the kind of information that patients want, or their satisfaction with pharmacists' advice. Therefore, we have examined a variety of factors, including individual patient characteristics, in order to identify ways to provide useful and appropriate drug information on an individual basis. In ...

RATIONAL Research suggests that increased consumption of herbal drugs is raising important public health concerns such as safety issues that may involve adverse effects and herb-drug interactions. The main objective of this study is to investigate the role of Pharmacists in herbal drug information dissemination. METHOD We investigated the demographics, knowledge, attitude and practices regard...

UNLABELLED PAHO establishes guidelines that must be met by drug information centers (DIC) and the drug information services (DIS). OBJECTIVE To describe the operations, activities, and resources of the DICs and the DISs affiliated with public institutions of Costa Rica, and their adjustment to the provisions set forth by the PAHO. METHODS Descriptive study conducted in May 2003. The officer...

conclusions the findings highlight a need for removing stigma and providing high quality women-only hiv services. increasing trust and knowledge of available hiv services are needed for this group of women. increasing staff knowledge is a priority. an integrated supportive network among drug treatment and hiv centers is suggested in iran. results the interview accounts highlighted a number of b...