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Medicine, as an instrument for health promotion, can be considered a risk factor when used inappropriately or when its quality is compromised. It is for the manufacturer to produce medicine meeting quality standards and...

The aim of this work was to identify the characteristics of the drug information provided by the Drug Information Center (DIC) of a university hospital. A cross-sectional study was conducted, identifying the profile of i...

The study evaluates the use of medications by pregnant women attended at health centers in the city of Campina Grande-PB, Brazil. The sample consisted of 250 patients. The number of prescribed medications ranged from 1 t...

"JiangYaBiFeng" (JYBF) tablet for treatment of hypertension in China is a composite prescription of Chinese and western medicines. By using ultra high performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (UPL...

The aim of the present study was to determine the antiallergic and anti-inflammatory properties of the methanolic extract from stem bark of Ailanthus excelsa Roxb (AEME). Herbal medicines are assuming greater importance ...

Bixa orellana Linn., commonly known as "lipstick plant", is used in folk medicines to treat infections of microbial origin as well as coloring agents in food stuffs in the LDCs like Bangladesh. The minimum inhibitory con...

Rational prescription occurs when patients receive the appropriate drug in adequate dose for the necessary period of time and it represents the safest and cheaper pharmacotherapy. The aim of this study was to identify ...

Simultaneous multiple prescription drugs increases the possibility of drug interactions, situation particularly critical in a hospital. The objective of the present work was to identify interactions by evaluating the ori...

The lack of pharmaceutical formulations proper for children favors the manipulation of extemporaneous oral preparations by hospital pharmacies. The study aimed to identify the medications reformulated by the pharmacy of ...

An ultra-performance liquid chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC/QTOF/MS) method was established to analyze the saponins in Rhizoma Paridis saponins (RPS) and the constituents in urinary and feces sample...

This study is the first attempt in UAE to prove the trustworthiness of the in vitro evaluation to assess the reliability of the generic medications comparing to the brand name. Five generic medicines, two Local (codes: L...

The World Health Organization raises self-care as a strategy for health promotion. Although self-medication is included in self-care strategy, often it is associate to an irrational medicine's usage. This factor associat...