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Nonprescription Drugs (0):
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Patient education and warnings have emerged as prominent interventions for improving drug safety. As part of the provision of information and guidance on safe use of drugs, patients often receive multiple pieces of written information when they obtain a prescription medication, including a Food and D...
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PMID: 21427296
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These results do not provide strong support for an association between NSAIDs and LUTS. However, the associations between over-the-counter NSAID use and certain urologic symptoms, particularly among women with arthritis, and the potential mechanisms involved should be evaluated in future studies....
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PMID: 21357657
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Quality in primary care (19)2 2011
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Lower bowel symptoms are common. A significant number of patients seek to treat their symptoms by purchasing over the counter medication.
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PMID: 21575332
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American Family Physician (82)11 2010
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Mayo Clinic Health Letter (28)12 2010
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Annals of Internal Medicine (153)1 2010
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The Bradford Hill criteria represent an important tool for scientifically determining cause between environmental exposure and disease. Increased Food and Drug Administration oversight of homeopathic medications is needed to monitor the safety of these popular remedies....
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PMID: 20644061
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Homeopathy (99)3 2010
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Most tested products had very low metal/metalloid levels (below the limit of quantification of the method), but the metal/metalloid levels in the remaining products were in the following ranges (in microg g(-1)): Pb 0.33-1.29 (6 samples), Cd 2.78 (1 sample), As 0.22 (1 sample), Hg 0.02-0.12 (24 samp...
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PMID: 20674842
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New Zealand Medical Journal (123)1317 2010
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This pattern of admissions is new to the detoxification unit, and may relate to higher codeine content in the combination product, and marketing strategies. These cases likely represent the severer end of the spectrum of codeine dependency acquired from OTC pharmacy sources. The paucity of evidence...
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PMID: 20657632
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Medical Care (48)6 Suppl 2010
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Prospective data collection is feasible in DARTNet and can enable comparative effectiveness and safety research....
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PMID: 20473193
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Both acute and overuse musculoskeletal injuries are common in adolescent athletes. Pharmacologic agents including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, acetaminophen, and topical over-the-counter agents have been shown to be effective in controlling pain, but data regarding their efficacy in expedit...
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PMID: 20538155
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Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine (12)2 2010
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We report an unusual and emerging cause of profound hypokalaemia associated with a severe myopathy, attributable to misuse of Nurofen Plus, a readily available over-the-counter medication containing ibuprofen and codeine, and excessive ingestion of the caffeine-containing energy drink, Red Bull. The...
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PMID: 20513219
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Prescrire international (19)107 2010
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Harvard Health Letter (35)8 2010
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The concordance between physician and patient report was assessed on 2702 patient-physician pairs. Agreement was excellent overall (kappa = 0.83, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.81-0.85). Prevalences of exposure were very close between PS and PP for all classes of prescription CVDs. CONCLUSION: Usin...
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PMID: 20535758
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Health Policy (95)2-3 2010
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We focus on regulatory restrictions on Community Pharmacies and whether these have an impact on efficiency, access and equity and thus in the delivery of services community pharmacists provide to patients. Primary data collection through semi-structured interviews and secondary data collection throu...
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PMID: 20056292
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This study demonstrated that flexible dip tubes can improve the performance of many nasal sprays, and that shaking may have negative effects on spray weight uniformity....
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PMID: 19778208
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IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD: Recurrent herpes labialis (RHL) is a significant disorder with social and health consequences that affects upwards of 20 - 40% of the adult population. Docosanol is the only FDA-approved topical agent that is available over the counter for management of RHL. Its mechanism of...
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PMID: 20210688
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Prescrire international (19)106 2010
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Most Brazilian OTC products did not show a satisfactory efficacy against head lice. Resistance may be present. Ivermectin and coconut oil are promising compounds for topical treatment. Laboratory-based tests should be used to assess resistance patterns and to identify formulations of the active ingr...
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PMID: 20465674
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Military Medicine (175)3 2010
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We present a case of ischemic colitis in a 42-year-old active duty service member after using the performance-enhancing supplement, NO-Xplode. In this report, we review the pharmacology of this supplement and its proposed mechanism of injury....
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PMID: 20358712
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We test how cultural and public health knowledge of antibiotics is distributed among pharmacy staff, local Mexican clients, and U.S. medical tourists in the bordertown of Nogales using a cultural consensus tool. We find that shared cultural models across these groups include public health statements...
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PMID: 20420303
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Drug Safety (33)3 2010
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Twenty-six pharmacists participated in interviews. Safety was the over-arching consideration for pharmacists when making decisions. The subordinate themes were product, patient and professional factors. In terms of the product subordinate theme, use or consideration of evidence was secondary in the...
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PMID: 20158288
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Our results suggest that acupuncture in addition to usual care is associated with marked clinical improvement in hot flashes and menopause-related symptoms in perimenopausal or postmenopausal women....
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PMID: 19907348
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AAOHN Journal (58)2 2010
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This article provides guidance and web-based resources regarding two frequent practice issues associated with medications in the workplace: dispensing of over-the-counter (OTC) medications in the occupational health setting, and the proper disposal of expired or otherwise unwanted prescription and n...
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PMID: 20180501
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Kinderkrankenschwester : Organ der Sektion Kinderkrankenpflege / Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Sozialpadiatrie und Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kinderheilkunde (29)2 2010
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The results characterize pilots as workers who are often highly motivated to consider the use of OTC medications, but who lack the knowledge, available information, and information-seeking habits to make informed decisions about OTC drug usage under the more complicated constraints of a safety-criti...
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PMID: 20131651
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Child Health Alert (28) 2010
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We recommend that pharmacists keep individual records detailing patient experience and use of OTC medicines....
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PMID: 20873425
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We filled the same two prescriptions (prednisolone and amoxicillin) at 20 pharmacies (national grocery store chain [n = 1], regional grocery store chains [n = 4], national pharmacy chains [n = 3], national superstore chains [n = 3], and independently owned [n = 9]) across three states (Colorado,Geor...
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PMID: 20605545
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As the number of published articles in the field of cough increases year on year, it is sometimes helpful to pause and review what might have passed us by. This "Clinical Year in Review" provides an opportunity to reflect on a number of important studies reported in the area of both adult and pediat...
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PMID: 19697083
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Cough is a unique symptom because, unlike sneeze and other symptoms, it can be under voluntary control and this complicates clinical trials on cough medicines. All over-the-counter cough medicines (OTC) are very effective treatments because of their placebo effect. The placebo effect is enhanced by...
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PMID: 19760296
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Ohio nurses review (85)4 2010
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Pharmacotherapy (30)1 2010
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We describe a 46-year-old African-American man who was receiving warfarin for a venous thromboembolism and experienced a decrease in his international normalized ratio (INR). No corresponding reduction had been made in his warfarin dosage, and no changes had been made in his concomitant drug therapy...
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PMID: 20030479
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This was a randomized, controlled, four-way crossover study in 45 subjects with a tendency to suffer from moderate heartburn following some meals. The study was designed to assess the time to onset of the perceived soothing and cooling effects of the alginate raft-forming products, Gaviscon Liquid (...
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PMID: 20515559
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Orthopaedic Nursing (29)1 2010
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Acetaminophen is an old and comfortable friend. In its over-the-counter forms (of which there are almost 100), it is used by millions of people for relief of pain and to treat mild fevers. When combined with an opioid as a prescription drug, it is often effective for more severe pain. Generally, for...
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PMID: 20142694
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The present study describes a case of laxative-induced rhabdomyolysis in an elderly patient. An 87-year-old woman was hospitalized for the onset of confusion, tremors, an inability to walk, and a fever that she had been experiencing for 36 hours. She often took high dosages of lactulose and sorbitol...
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PMID: 20396636
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Consumers were generally not comfortable enough with their conventional health care providers to discuss their NHP-related ADRs. Consumers reported being more comfortable discussing NHP-related ADRs with personnel from health food stores, friends or family with whom they had developed trusted relati...
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PMID: 20184759
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Of the 682 (2.6%) subjects using nonprescription corticosteroids most were females: 471 (69%); married: 567 (83%); of low social class: 430 (63.1%); lived in the city center: 475 (69.6%). The majority (569, 83.5%) thought that corticosteroid use was safe and 463 (68.0%) did not feel guilty for using...
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PMID: 20357499
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Ethnicity & Disease (20)2 2010
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The sample had a mean FTND score of 5.7 (SD = 2.2). About 41% smoked 11 to 20 cigarettes per day. Adolescent smokers who had used NRT were statistically but only marginally older than those who had not (15.9 vs 15.7 years; t-test= -2.60, P=0.01). FTND score, a measure of nicotine dependence, was hig...
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PMID: 20503900
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Female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD) occurs when a woman experiences distress due to the inability to attain or maintain adequate vaginal lubrication. Many treatments are still under investigation, and at this time, there are no FDA-approved medications available for the treatment of FSAD. Treatmen...
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PMID: 20949811
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Annals of Pharmacotherapy (44)7-8 2010
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Despite electronic systems designed to warn dispensing pharmacists of duplications of drug class and cumulative excessive doses, potentially toxic amounts of acetaminophen are commonly prescribed and dispensed to this population. Better systems, increased awareness, and education of patients, prescr...
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PMID: 20551297
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This analysis provides a method for educators to use when collecting curricula-refining evidence and specific findings for evaluating therapeutics curricula....
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PMID: 20221341
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OBJECTIVE: To improve student application of course content and learning in a self-care and nonprescription medications course. DESIGN: A precourse survey was administered to students to determine confidence in their ability to advise patients about nonprescription medications and to identify what t...
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PMID: 20221346
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Versicherungsmedizin / herausgegeben von Verband der Lebensversicherungs-Unternehmen e.V. und Verband der Privaten Krankenversicherung e.V (61)4 2009
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Prescrire international (18)104 2009
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When lifestyle measures and antacids are inadequate, and when no alarm symptoms are present, pantoprazole has a better risk-benefit balance than H2 receptor agonists.
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PMID: 20025090
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Acta Oto-Laryngologica (129)11 2009
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No statistically significant difference was found among the effects of these agents on MTT in group 1. In group 2, xylometasoline chloride, fluticasone propionate spray and sea water sprays prolonged the MTT. When the rhinomanometric scores at 150 daPa were assessed, use of xylometasoline chloride,...
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PMID: 19863321
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Orlistat's unique mechanism of action, beneficial effects on multiple co-morbidity surrogates and relatively mild adverse effect and drug interaction profile position it favorably as the first option for pharmacotherapy in comprehensive obesity management of adults and children....
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PMID: 19998527
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