OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of self-medication in children and adolescents in the municipalities of Limeira and Piracicaba, state of São Paulo, and to correlate results with sociodemographic indicators and with the use of health care services (public or private). METHODS Descriptive population-based study of a simple random sample from the two municipalities, comprised of 772 inhabi...

Does unethical behavior always represent selfish behavior? Consider the seminal dilemma that serves as the foundation for modern moral psychology: The wife of a man named Heinz was near death and desperate for a medicine that he could not afford (Kohlberg, 1963). To save her life, Heinz broke into a drugstore to steal the medicine. Kohlberg asked his subjects, “Should Heinz have stolen for his ...

We empirically study the price adjustment process at multiproduct retail stores. We use a unique store level data set for five large supermarket and one drugstore chains in the USA, to document the exact process required to change prices. Our data set allows us to study this process in great detail, describing the exact procedure, stages, and steps undertaken during the price change process. We...

Potential savings from biosimilars are a subject of keen interest internationally, with particular relevance for Canadians. Canada is relatively high-use and high-price market biologics the increased use offers significant opportunity cost Canadian payers. Recent policy changes to promote biosimilar switching expected result in reductions these classes Canada, helping offset pressure new higher...

BACKGROUND This study is the first study to evaluate the nonadherence rate and reasons of same patient with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Iran. METHODS During 9 months, 500 patients with IBD were enrolled in the study. Patients were interviewed about their nonadherence behaviors. Factor analysis was used to analyze the collected answers. RESULTS The overall rate of nonadherence was 33.3% ...

A growth of the market share of private label brands has been observed in developed countries. This growth was initially confirmed for food and drugstore categories, but it quickly expanded to new product categories, particularly technology products. This study focus on a specific technology segment the private label brands in smartphones, due to the growth observed in its demand, in recent yea...

The symptom of constipation is very common.1,2 The aisles of any drugstore confirm the impact of this problem. The goal of this technical review is to identify a rational, efficacious, and ideally cost-effective approach to the patient presenting with constipation. The perspective will be that of the practicing gastroenterologist. Constipation in children will not be specifically addressed, nor...

Advances in pharmacogenetic analysis technology have accelerated the movement to incorporate pharmacogenetic analysis data into medicine. Therefore, pharmacists will soon have to provide guidance and raise pharmaceutical questions regarding prescriptions based on patient pharmacogenomic information. The objective of this study was to clarify Japanese pharmacists' awareness of pharmacogenetics. ...

To the Editor—Novel psychoactive substances (NPSs) are recently available unlicensed drugs that are chemically or pharmacologically similar to conventional drugs of abuse. Their rapid and protean emergence has created many challenges for clinicians, laboratories, social workers, and regulatory authorities. Our laboratory has repeatedly identified NPSs.1,2 We report the discovery of 2-(diphenylm...

BACKGROUND Nowadays pharmaceutical care departments located in hospitals are amongst the important pillars of the healthcare system. The aim of this study was to evaluate designing features and equipments of hospital drugstores affiliated with Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. METHODS In this cross-sectional study a self-defined and validated questionnaire was used which included all th...