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Prescribing patterns of antidepressants with known off–label indications among adults
(2014)
“Off-label use” is defined as the use of medicine for indications other than recommended or registered for, e.g. the prescribing of a particular active substance for a patient younger than the substance is recommended or ...
An analysis of medication adherence among epileptic patients in the private health sector of South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)
Failure to respond to anti-epileptic (AED) treatment and achieving control over epilepsy has severe clinical consequences. The clinical consequences include an increase in the frequency of seizures and increased work and ...
Prescribing patterns of hypoglycaemic drugs in the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in public institutions in Lesotho
(2014)
The aim of the study was to evaluate type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) medicine management in Government Clinics in Maseru, Lesotho. A two-dimensional research method was employed, consisting of a literature review and an ...
A retrospective analysis of the prescribing patterns of hipolipidaemic drugs : a pharmacoeconomic approach
(North-West University, 2009)
Background: More than 5.5 million South Africans aged 30 years and older are at risk of chronic disease by virtue of their triglyceride levels (Maritz, 2006:101). Dyslipidaemia is common in westernized and industrialized ...
Prescribing patterns of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with chronic kidney disease
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)
The main aim of this study was to characterise the prescribing patterns of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients in the private health sector of South Africa. This was done ...
Pharmacoepidemiological analysis of chronic conditions and treatment patterns among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in the South African private health sector
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)
This dissertation aimed at investigating the occurrence and medicine treatment of chronic disease list (CDL) conditions in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the South African private health sector.
The study ...