Drug utilization study of antiparkinsonian medication in Romania during 25 years by Camelia Bucsa, Denisa Bruhs, Anamaria Apan, Elena Francu, Cristina Mogosan, Irina Iaru

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A Case of Brain Abscess Caused by Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw by Kenji Yamagata, Hiroki Nagai, Osamu Baba, Fumihiko Uchida, Naomi Kanno, Shogo Hasegawa, Toru Yanagawa, Hiroki Bukawa

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Barriers and facilitators to medication adherence: a qualitative study with general practitioners by Marja Airaksinen, Kirsi Kvarnström, Helena Liira

“…Background General practitioners (GPs) manage the drug therapies of people with chronic diseases, and poor adherence to medication remains a major challenge.Objective This qualitative study examined GPs’ insights into non-adherence and ways of overcoming this problem.Methods We ran four focus groups comprising 16 GPs at the Kirkkonummi Health Centre (Southern Finland). …”
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Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and the Use of Prescription Medication: A Pilot Study by Cynthia Mannion, Deborah Mansell

“…To examine the association of self-efficacy, perception of milk production, and lactating women’s use of medication prescribed to increase breast milk in a cohort of 18–40-year-old mothers over six months. …”
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Medication self-management interventions for persons with stroke: A scoping review. by Lauren Cadel, Stephanie R Cimino, Glyneva Bradley-Ridout, Sander L Hitzig, Tejal Patel, Chester H Ho, Tanya L Packer, Aisha K Lofters, Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg, Lisa M McCarthy, Sara J T Guilcher

“…Given the use of multiple medications post-stroke, optimizing medication self-management for this population is important. …”
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Interprofessional approach to personalized medication management and therapy optimization in IBD care by Daniel Fleischmann, Benedicta Binder, Muriel Huss, Tanja Elger, Claudia Wolf, Johanna Loibl, Hauke Christian Tews, Arne Kandulski, Stephan Schmid, Martina Müller, Alexander Kratzer

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Prediction of individual patient outcomes to psychotherapy vs medication for major depression by Devon LoParo, Boadie W. Dunlop, Charles B. Nemeroff, Helen S. Mayberg, W. Edward Craighead

“…Abstract Treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD) include antidepressant medications and evidence-based psychotherapies, which are approximately equally efficacious. …”
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Efficacy of Alginate-Antacid Medication in the Treatment of Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

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Medication Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Amisha Parekh, Pedro Tretto, Nicklaus Blue, Blake Dunaway, James Lott, Michael Roach, Rohan Jagtap

“… Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw is an adverse reaction caused by the use of antiresorptive antiangiogenic medication. …”
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Omeprazole with Calcium Hydroxide’s Effectiveness as an Intracanal Medication against Enterococcus faecalis by Binila Surendra Babu, Souparnika Divakaran Padmini, Manthra Ajith Shreya, Panachiyil Rajan Sreekala, Renju Chanthiam, C Nisha

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The Impact of Medicaid Preferred Drug Lists on Utilization and Costs of Antipsychotic Medication by Christian Frois, Thomas O’Connell, Jacqueline Pesa, John Fastenau

“…**Results:** Among the 48 states studied, 33 (68.8%) used PDLs as a means to limit access to branded antipsychotic medications, including those states with the largest populations with a mental-health illness (e.g. …”
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Asthma in Pregnancy: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Whole-Course Management, and Medication Safety by Huijie Wang, Na Li, Huaqiong Huang

“…Physiological changes and drug compliance during pregnancy can affect asthma control in varying degrees, and the control level of asthma and the side effects of asthma medications are closely related to the adverse perinatal outcomes of mother and fetus. …”
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Pharmacist-led medication reviews: A scoping review of systematic reviews. by Miriam Craske, Wendy Hardeman, Nicholas Steel, Michael James Twigg

“…<h4>Background</h4>Medication reviews aim to support patients who take medicines, and they are often led by pharmacists. …”
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Barriers to medication administration error reporting in a tertiary hospital in Lebanon by Remy Daou, Diala Mehanna, Najwa El Gerges, Marianne Chalhoub

“…Objective The aim of this study is to identify the key barriers that prevent medication administration errors (MAEs) from being reported by nurses in Lebanese hospitals.Methods A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted at Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital using a self-administered questionnaire. …”
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The Association between Antihypertensive Medication Use and Blood Pressure Is Influenced by Obesity by Jash S. Parikh, Arshdeep K. Randhawa, Sean Wharton, Heather Edgell, Jennifer L. Kuk

“…One in three US adults is living with obesity or hypertension, and more than 75% of hypertensive individuals are using antihypertensive medications. Therefore, it is important to examine blood pressure (BP) differences in populations that are using these medications with differing obesity status. …”
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Medication adherence and non-adherence in arterial hypertension: a narrative review by Claudio Tomasino, Marco Tomasino

“…Despite advancements in diagnosis and treatment, only one in four individuals with hypertension achieve satisfactory control over their condition. Medication adherence, critical for effective hypertension management, is complex and multifaceted. …”
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New Players for Advanced Prostate Cancer and the Rationalisation of Insulin-Sensitising Medication by Jennifer H. Gunter, Phoebe L. Sarkar, Amy A. Lubik, Colleen C. Nelson

“…We discuss current observations of cancer in the context of obesity, diabetes, and insulin-lowering medication. We provide an update on current treatments for advanced prostate cancer and discuss whether metabolic dysfunction, developed during ADT, provides a unique therapeutic window for rapid translation of insulin-sensitising medication as combination therapy with antiandrogen targeting agents for the management of advanced prostate cancer.…”
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Satisfaction and Usability of a Commercially Available Medication Adherence App (Medisafe) Among Medically Underserved Patients With Chronic Illnesses: Survey Study by Christa Hartch, Mary S Dietrich, B Jeanette Lancaster, Shelagh A Mulvaney, Deonni P Stolldorf

“… BackgroundResearch supports the use of mobile phone apps to promote medication adherence, but the use of and satisfaction with these apps among medically underserved patients with chronic illnesses remain unclear. …”
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Implementation of Case-Based Learning in 1st-Year MBBS Students -Future of Medical Professionals Learning Methods in Indian Medical Colleges? by Mandar Vilas Ambike, Jayshree Sachin Kharche, Shraddha Shripad Kulkarni, T Vijaya Sagar, K Vijayakumar, Suresh Babu Kondaveeti

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Winds of war and military surgeon readiness: Commentary on ‘Developing the Ready Military Medical Force: military-specific training in Graduate Medical Education’ by Matthew J Martin, Joshua Dilday

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