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Drug use profile in a Nigerian city hospital.

Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

Isah AO, Ohaju-Obodo J, Isah EC, Ozemoya O.
PMID: 15073766
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 1997 Sep;6(5):319-24. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1557(199709/10)6:5<319::AID-PDS307>3.0.CO;2-U.

The newly introduced WHO Drug Use Indicators enable the delineation of drug use patterns, identification of inappropriate use and evaluation of interventional strategies. This study highlights the drug use pattern in a city hospital and further identifies areas of...

Antimalarials Is Re-evaluation Needed?.

Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases

Rynes RI.
PMID: 19078249
J Clin Rheumatol. 1998 Apr;4(2):50-1. doi: 10.1097/00124743-199804000-00002.

No abstract available.

The antimalarial potential of medicinal plants used for the treatment of malaria in Cameroonian folk medicine.

African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM

Titanji VP, Zofou D, Ngemenya MN.
PMID: 20161952
Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. 2008 Apr 10;5(3):302-21.

Malaria remains one of the leading public health problems in Cameroon as in other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. In the past decades, this situation has been aggravated by the increasing spread of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains. New antimalarial drug...

Pharmacodynamics of antimalarial chemotherapy.

Expert review of clinical pharmacology

Na-Bangchang K.
PMID: 22112224
Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2009 Sep;2(5):491-515. doi: 10.1586/ecp.09.27.

Malaria chemotherapy is under constant threat from the emergence and spread of multidrug resistance of Plasmodium falciparum. Resistance has been observed to almost all currently used antimalarials. Some drugs are also limited by toxicity. A fundamental component of the...

Asthma and atopic dermatitis are associated with increased risk of clinical Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

BMJ open

Herrant M, Loucoubar C, Bassène H, Gonçalves B, Boufkhed S, Diene Sarr F, Fontanet A, Tall A, Baril L, Mercereau-Puijalon O, Mécheri S, Sakuntabhai A, Paul R.
PMID: 23883878
BMJ Open. 2013 Jul 24;3(7). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002835. Print 2013.

OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of atopy and allergy on the risk of clinical malaria.DESIGN: A clinical and immunological allergy cross-sectional survey in a birth cohort of 175 children from 1 month to 14 years of age followed for...

Treatment patterns of childhood diarrhoea in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional survey.

BMC international health and human rights

Löfgren J, Tao W, Larsson E, Kyakulaga F, Forsberg BC.
PMID: 23009176
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2012 Sep 25;12:19. doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-12-19.

BACKGROUND: Diarrhoea is the second leading cause of death in children under five accounting for 1.8 million deaths yearly. Despite global efforts to reduce diarrhoea mortality through promotion of proper case management, there is still room for ample improvement....

Antimicrobials: Arming symbionts with antimalarials.

Nature reviews. Microbiology

Kåhrström CT.
PMID: 22864263
Nat Rev Microbiol. 2012 Sep;10(9):594-5. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro2860. Epub 2012 Aug 06.

No abstract available.

Monitoring antimalarial drug resistance: Applying lessons learned from the past in a fast-moving present.

International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance

Sibley CH, Price RN.
PMID: 24533274
Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist. 2012 Apr 20;2:126-33. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2012.03.004. eCollection 2012 Dec.

The need for robust surveillance of antimalarial drugs is more urgent than it has ever been. In the western region of Cambodia, artemisinin resistance has emerged in Plasmodium falciparum and threatens to undermine the efficacy of highly effective artemisinin...

Substandard and counterfeit medicines: a systematic review of the literature.

BMJ open

Almuzaini T, Choonara I, Sammons H.
PMID: 23955188
BMJ Open. 2013 Aug 17;3(8):e002923. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002923.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the evidence available of poor-quality (counterfeit and substandard) medicines in the literature.DESIGN: Systematic review.DATA SOURCES: Databases used were EMBASE, MEDLINE, PubMed and the International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, including articles published till January 2013.ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Prevalence studies containing...

Prescribing knowledge and skills of final year medical students in Nigeria.

Indian journal of pharmacology

Oshikoya KA, Bello JA, Ayorinde EO.
PMID: 21279180
Indian J Pharmacol. 2008 Nov;40(6):251-5. doi: 10.4103/0253-7613.45150.

OBJECTIVES: To assess the knowledge of final year medical students in Nigeria, about good prescribing and the application of this knowledge to their prescribing skills.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty four final year medical students of the Lagos State University College...

Increasing Access to Subsidized Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy through Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets in Tanzania.

Health research policy and systems

Rutta E, Kibassa B, McKinnon B, Liana J, Mbwasi R, Mlaki W, Embrey M, Gabra M, Shekalaghe E, Kimatta S, Sillo H.
PMID: 21658259
Health Res Policy Syst. 2011 Jun 09;9:22. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-9-22.

BACKGROUND: In Tanzania, many people seek malaria treatment from retail drug sellers. The National Malaria Control Program identified the accredited drug dispensing outlet (ADDO) program as a private sector mechanism to supplement the distribution of subsidized artemisinin-based combination therapies...

Frequencies of Cytochrome P450 2B6 and 2C8 Allelic Variants in the Mozambican Population.

The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS

Arnaldo P, Thompson RE, Lopes MQ, Suffys PN, Santos AR.
PMID: 24043992
Malays J Med Sci. 2013 Jul;20(4):13-23.

BACKGROUND: The cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYP) play an important role in the metabolism of many therapeutic agents. The activities of different enzymes exhibit variability in different populations, which causes variations in drug response or toxicity. The CYP2B6 and CYP2C8...

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