Conservative estimates suggest that at least 12 percent of the US population uses herbal
medicines, and the number is increasing, yet these products are not regulated by the Food and …

Many of our present medicines are derived directly or indirectly from higher plants. While
several classic plant drugs have lost much ground to synthetic competitors, others have gained …

Noncompliance affects all age groups, but older patients have specific barriers against
effective medication use and can be more vulnerable to the incorrect use of medication. Some …

1. Although rates of dispensing errors are generally low, further improvements in pharmacy
distribution systems are still important because pharmacies dispense such high volumes of …

Two archaeological specimens of peyote buttons, ie dried tops of the cactus Lophophora
williamsii (Lem.) Coulter, from the collection of the Witte Museum in San Antonio, was …

Herbal remedies can result in indirect health risks when they delay or replace a more
effective form of conventional treatment or when they compromise the efficacy of conventional …

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine whether treatment with metformin in
patients with renal impairment is associated with a higher risk of lactic acidosis or elevated …

… Peter AGM De Smet, Pharm.D., Ph.D. … De Smet is from the Scientific Institute of Dutch
Pharmacists, The Hague; and the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical …

Several genome-wide association studies have been performed on warfarin. For acencoumarol,
the most frequently used coumarin in many countries worldwide, pharmcodynamic …

Sir—The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) has started an international programme
aiming to develop tools that will make it easier to fight stigma and discrimination because of …