BACKGROUND Prescription medicine sharing has been defined as the lending of medicines (giving prescription medicines to someone else) or borrowing of medicines (being given and using a medicine prescribed for another person). This qualitative study explored the views of patients, to elicit information regarding factors influencing medicine sharing behaviours, their experiences of the consequenc...

(1) Background: Japanese Kampo medicine has its origin in ancient Chinese medicine. In 742, a Tang Dynasty monk named Jianzhen (Ganjin) was invited by clerics to visit Japan and teach commandments Buddhism. Because of the dangers voyage also other obstacles, he took 11 years reach on sixth blind when arrived Japan. He first person China go establish Buddhism commandments, directly traditional U...

The treatments used by most doctors are considered conventional medicine. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) consists of a group of health care practices and products that are considered out of the mainstream. An “out-of-the-mainstream” treatment is considered complementary if you use it along with conventional medicine. Research shows that 40 percent of women in the United States use...

This article provides an overview on prescription drug abuse and highlights a number of related legislative bills introduced during the 112th Congress in response to this growing epidemic. Prescription drug abuse has emerged as the nation's fastest growing drug problem. Although prescription drugs have been used effectively and appropriately for decades, deaths from prescription pain medicine i...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationships among physicians' knowledge and beliefs, perceived patient demand and treatment with injection drugs in Korean primary care settings. DESIGN A cross-sectional, nationwide survey. SETTING A total of 644 clinics were selected from the 9660 clinics with more than 1000 patient visits from April 1 to June 30, 2004, among four specialties (general practice...