over-the-counter medicines
Misuse of over the counter medicines in community pharmacies in Scotland
... of Over-the-counter Medicines: A Survey of Community Pharmacies in a South Wales Health ...of Over-The-Counter Codeine-containing Products in England: A Structured Review of Published ...
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Guideline on Consumer Promotions. for Over-the-Counter Medicines. (including Registered Traditional Herbal Medicines)
... Rule 54 of the PAGB Consumer Code states: ‘No member shall be involved in promotional schemes which are hazardous to the public or bring the industry into disrepute.’ This guidance document is designed to complement rule ...
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Consumer socialisation of over-the-counter medicines: Does culture matter?
... 2 Lincoln University, New Zealand Abstract Self- medication with over-the-counter medicines (OTCs) is common practice not only for adults, but also among adolescents. Tapping into this potentially ...
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The Case for Self-Care and Over-The-Counter Medicines:
... pies to people that extend and significantly improve their lives. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacture of health care products. Our global portfolio ...
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Abuse of over-the-counter medicines: a pharmacist’s perspective
... Keywords: non-prescription, behind-the-counter, medication, self-medication Introduction Medications obtained by patients for treatment of common ailments, without a pre- scription from a physician, are known as ...
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Ethical issues around access to over-the-counter medicines in South Africa
... OTC medicines are widely accessed, [17] and when used to treat minor ailments may lead to addiction, or they may simply be abused by individuals for recreational ...cough medicines Table ...
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Attitudes and Beliefs About the Use of Over-the-Counter Medicines: A Dose of Reality
... OTC medicines, an important question for the public health community is, “how well do consumers understand and process essential information about OTC products?” This question is particularly relevant now that the ...
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Resources on Prescription Drugs And Over the Counter Medicines Available at Connecticut Clearinghouse
... Abusing Over-The-Counter Drugs (DVD) Summary: This program explores the most common abuses of OTC drugs and shows the chemical, biological and psychological damage that can result from abusing these ...
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Over-the-counter medicines and dietary supplements consumption among academic youth in Poland
... Overall educational background, including the study subject, appears to influence the rational use of OTC medicines and dietary supplements. As our findings suggest, in any health promotion campaign that helps ...
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Over-the-counter medicines and dietary supplements consumption among academic youth in Poland
... Knowledge of the differences between various groups of young people could be utilized by governments and others when undertaking educational activities to rationalize the consumption of OTC medicines and dietary ...
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Consumer socialisation of over-the-counter medicines: a study of adolescents in New Zealand and Malaysia
... 4.3.1 The fieldwork In New Zealand, data collection was undertaken over two months, April and May 2008. The researcher visited the selected schools 8 and invited them to participate. A letter of introduction to ...
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Preventing and responding to dependence on prescribed and over-the-counter medicines: national policy, local action
... 1. Most local areas offer treatment for people who develop problems in relation to medicines, but some provide very little 2. Those who do not have concurrent problems with illegal drug use are a distinct ...
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Adolescents' consumer socialisation of over-the-counter medicines: a proposed model and some preliminary findings
... Conceptual Framework The conceptual framework of this study is drawn from the Moschis and Churchill (1978) consumer socialisation model which combines both models of human learning. A revised version is presented in ...
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Medical Professionals' Perspectives on Prescribed and Over-The-Counter Medicines Containing Codeine: A Cross-Sectional Study
... Treatment with opioid medication is thought to be effective in the treatment of moderate pain for acute and short periods of <6 months. 7 Current scienti fic evi- dence measuring the ef ficacy of codeine over ...
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Pharmacotherapy Literacy and Parental Practice in Use of Over-the-Counter Pediatric Medicines
... of over-the-counter (OTC) medications during the pre-school period, we aimed to: (i) examine parental practice and expectations in antipyretic medication use, and (ii) analyze associations of parental ...
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Other Behavior Medicines. (Blood Pressure Medicine, Naltrexone, Over the Counter)
... If the medicine has both a physical use and a behavioral use, we give both. 3. Main Side Effects Side effects are unplanned changes that sometimes happen when you take a medicine. Sometimes side effects are a problem. ...
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The influence of packaging and brand equity on over-the-counter herbal medicines in Kumasi, Ghana.
... the over-the-counter pharmaceutical ...the over-the-counter medicine ...the over-the counter ...the over-the-counter medicine ...the over-the-counter ...
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An Empirical Analysis of Bundling and Tying: Over-the-Counter Pain Relief and Cold Medicines
... considered, all the component medicines are available separately. Rather than looking to products that do not exist, we look to package sizes that are not offered. The price-package size relationships presented ...
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Good Practice Guidance: The Use of Over the Counter (OTC) medicines and Homely Remedies
... This good practice guidance (GPG) provides care home staff with advice in order to treat minor ailments with homely remedies in a safe, effective and timely way. In March 2018 NHS England published guidelines on ...
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Understanding the risk of emerging bacterial resistance to over the counter antibiotics in topical sore throat medicines
... Investigating the ability for bacteria to grow in during- use antibiotic concentration A number of different concentrations were tested to rep- resent dilutions of antibiotic concentrations when OTC products are used. ...
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