Perceptions of vaginal microbicides as an HIV prevention method among health care providers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Mantell Joanne E, Mtimkulu James, Morar Neetha S, Ramjee Gita, Gharbaharan Varanna

“…Providers felt that the product should be accessed over-the-counter in pharmacies and in retail stores. They also felt a need for potential microbicides to be available free of charge, and packaged with clear instructions. …”
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Survey of non-prescribed use of antibiotics for children in an urban community in Mongolia by Ganchimeg Togoobaatar, Nayu Ikeda, Moazzam Ali, Munkhbayarlakh Sonomjamts, Sarangerel Dashdemberel, Rintaro Mori, Kenji Shibuya

“…Amoxicillin was the most commonly used antibiotic (58%). Pharmacies were the main source (86%) of non-prescribed antibiotics. …”
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A Design Approach to Optimise Secure Remote Three-Dimensional (3D) Printing: A Proof-of-Concept Study towards Advancement in Telemedicine by Xiao Wen Kok, Anisha Singh, Bahijja Tolulope Raimi-Abraham

“…Our work confirmed the potential of secure remote 3D (FDM) printing of prototype solid dosage forms resulting in products with good reproducibility, resolution, and quality towards advancements in telemedicine and digital pharmacies. The limitation of the work presented here was the use of model polymers and not pharmaceutically relevant polymers. …”
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Socio-Demographic Characteristics, Body Weight Status and Energy Intake among Users and Non-Users of Dietary Supplements among Government Employees in Putrajaya, Malaysia by Muhamad Hasrol Mohd Ashri, Hazizi Abu Saad, Siti Nur Άsyura Adznam

“…Health issues (80.8%) were the most common reason for usage, internet (59.2%) was the main source of information, and pharmacies (71.8%) were the most indicated places to purchase dietary supplements. …”
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Prescriptions of antidepressants and anxiolytics in France 2012–2022 and changes with the COVID-19 pandemic: interrupted time series analysis by Sarah R Haile, Dominik Menges, Louise Devillers, David De Bandt, Bastien Bourrion

“…Background Depression and anxiety have increased in prevalence since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Objective To evaluate the consumption of antidepressants and anxiolytics from 2012 to 2022 and the pandemic’s potential impact in France.Methods We conducted an interrupted time series analysis of routine drug sales data (Medic'AM) from all French outpatient pharmacies from 2012 to 2022. We investigated trends in defined daily doses of antidepressants and anxiolytics sold per 1000 inhabitants (DDD/TID) and related expenditures before and after pandemic onset and in relation with stringency of pandemic mitigation measures. …”
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Understanding networks in rural Cambodian farming communities and how they influence antibiotic use: A mixed methods study by Jane Mingjie Lim, Sokchea Huy, Ty Chhay, Borin Khieu, Li Yang Hsu, Clarence C. Tam

“…Participants commonly accessed antibiotics or learned animal antibiotic use practices through village-level informal sources such as pharmacies or animal health workers. While most participants reported not using antibiotics for animal growth promotion or illness prevention, misconceptions surrounding both antibiotic effectiveness and resistance were common. …”
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Growth and development and their environmental and biological determinants by Kelly da Rocha Neves, Rosane Luzia de Souza Morais, Romero Alves Teixeira, Priscilla Avelino Ferreira Pinto

“…Factors such as access to parks and pharmacies and perceived security received the worst score regarding neighborhood environment. …”
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A Novel Medical Blockchain Model for Drug Supply Chain Integrity Management in a Smart Hospital by Faisal Jamil, Lei Hang, KyuHyung Kim, DoHyeun Kim

“…The rise of Internet pharmacies has made it more difficult to standardize drug safety. …”
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Practices and motives behind antibiotics provision in drug outlets in Tanzania: A qualitative study by Pendo M. Ndaki, Joseph R. Mwanga, Martha F. Mushi, Eveline T. Konje, Kathryn Jean Fredricks, Mike Kesby, Alison Sandeman, Stella Mugassa, Msilikale W. Manyiri, Olga Loza, Katherine Keenan, Stanley M. Mwita, Matthew T. G. Holden, Stephen E. Mshana

“…In-depth interviews with 28 drug dispensers were conducted for three months consecutively between November 2019 and January 2020 in 12 community pharmacies and 16 Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets (ADDOs) in the Mwanza, Kilimanjaro and Mbeya regions of Tanzania. …”
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Patterns and Determinants of Antibiotic Use Behaviors among Rural Community Residents in Eastern China by Yanhuan Wang, Xinping Zhao, Yurong Li, Na Wang, Feng Jiang, Helen Lambert, Fei Yan, Chaowei Fu, Qingwu Jiang

“…Two thirds of them (59.9%) obtained antibiotics from medical facilities with a prescription when they last took antibiotics, while 17.7% and 22.4% chose retail pharmacies and other sources, respectively. Multinominal analysis found that a higher proportion obtained antibiotics outside medical facilities among those aged 15 to 44 years, unmarried, non-white collar workers, with more years of education, lower annual household income per capita and lower levels of antibiotic knowledge. …”
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Patients’ Satisfaction with Quality of Health Care Services in Primary Health Care Centers in Baghdad, Iraq by Hamsa Jamal Mahdi, Hayder Sadiq Baker, Ghassan Bahir Abdulkareem

“…Conclusion: Overall, the majority of patients expressed satisfaction with services provided by doctors, pharmacies, and laboratories. However, nursing care services received lower satisfaction ratings. …”
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Experiences and behaviours of patients with asthma requesting prescriptions from primary care during medication shortages linked to the COVID-19 lockdown: insights from a qualitati... by Nadya L Ow, Sara Sadek Attalla, Gwyneth Davies, Chris J Griffiths, Anna De Simoni

“…Strategies adopted in relation to shortages or changes in treatment owing to out-of-stock medications included the following: starting stockpiling; ordering prescriptions early; contacting medical professionals for advice or alternative prescriptions; getting ‘emergency prescriptions’; ordering online or privately; seeking medications in different pharmacies; contacting drug manufacturers; and keeping track of number of doses left in canisters. …”
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The Real Practice Prescribing Antibiotics in Outpatients: A Failed Control Case Assessed through the Simulated Patient Method by María Guadalupe Miranda-Novales, Karen Flores-Moreno, Mauricio Rodríguez-Álvarez, Yolanda López-Vidal, José Luis Soto-Hernández, Fortino Solórzano Santos, Samuel Ponce-de-León-Rosales

“…To evaluate the patterns of medical prescription for these diseases in medical offices adjacent to pharmacies, we used an adult simulated patient (SP) method representing the three diseases, AP, AD and UAUTI. …”
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Instruments to assess the role of the clinical pharmacist: a systematic review by Marina Oliveira Chagas, Tácio de Mendonça Lima, Flávio Rebustini, Matias Noll, Débora Penélope de Carvalho Queiroz, Janete Capel Hernandes, Neuma Chaveiro, Maria Alves Barbosa, Celmo Celeno Porto

“…Most of the instruments addressed community pharmacies, and evidence of content validity and internal structure was found most frequently. …”
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Choosing and accessing COVID-19 treatment options: a qualitative study with patients, caregivers, and health care providers in Lebanon by Reem Hoteit, Aya Hassoun, Elie Bou Sanayeh, Marie Christelle Saade, Gladys Honein-AbouHaidar, Elie A. Akl

“…Accessing COVID-19 medicines posed major hurdles for physicians and patients, given limited availability, global shortages, local circumstances, community hoarding and stockpiling by pharmacies. Providers based treatment decisions on research, local and international practice guidelines, experiences and expert feedback. …”
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Understanding networks in rural Cambodian farming communities and how they influence antibiotic use: A mixed methods study. by Jane Mingjie Lim, Sokchea Huy, Ty Chhay, Borin Khieu, Li Yang Hsu, Clarence C Tam

“…Participants commonly accessed antibiotics or learned animal antibiotic use practices through village-level informal sources such as pharmacies or animal health workers. While most participants reported not using antibiotics for animal growth promotion or illness prevention, misconceptions surrounding both antibiotic effectiveness and resistance were common. …”
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Early disruptions to syringe services programs during the Russian invasion of Ukraine by Benjamin M. Nikitin, Daniel J. Bromberg, Iryna Pykalo, Roman Ivasiy, Zahedul Islam, Frederick L. Altice

“…Demand increased for all regions due to client transitions from pharmacies that closed to SSPs, increases in illicit drug use, greater client openness to NGO support, and displacement of clients to destination regions. …”
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Exploring the knowledge, practices & determinants of antibiotic self-medication among bangladeshi university students in the era of COVID-19: A cross-sectional study by Abrar Wahab, Mohammad Morshad Alam, Shahriar Hasan, Sangeeta Halder, Md Obayed Ullah, Ahmed Hossain

“…Antibiotics are easily accessible on requested from pharmacies throughout the majority of developing countries. …”
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CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BIOLOGICS CONSUMPTION BY PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 by V. I. Petrov, N. Yu. Ryazanova, A. V. Ponomareva, O. V. Shatalova, Ya. V. Levina

“…ABC analysis of the drug consumption in infectious disease facilities in Volgograd region in 2020 and 2021, cost-minimization analysis, and volume of consumption (standard dose per 1000 patients) for genetically engineered monoclonal antibodies against interleukins, were performed on the basis of pharmacies dispensing drug reports on infectious diseases facilities, Russian State Register of maximum selling prices, and Russian guidelines for COVID-19 treatment.Results. …”
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Pharmacists under pressure to concede: Why pharmacists provide non-prescribed antibiotics in the Arab minority in Israel by Maram Khazen, Nurit Guttman

“…Design: Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 60 Arab pharmacists working in private pharmacies in different regions in Israel. Qualitative data were analyzed thematically by focusing on the characteristics of pharmacist-customer relations, conceptions of social norms, and perceived expectations to provide non-prescribed antibiotics. …”
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