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Intravenous versus Oral Acetaminophen for Pain: Systematic Review of Current Evidence to Support Clinical Decision-Making
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Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists
, 2015 , Article)
Background:
Intravenous (IV) acetaminophen is increasingly used around the world for pain control for a variety of indications. However, it is unclear whether IV administration offers advantages over oral administrati ...
Clinical pharmacokinetics: perceptions of hospital pharmacists in Qatar about how it was taught and how it is applied
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Kluwer Academic Publishers
, 2015 , Article)
Background The application of clinical pharmacokinetics (PK) is essential when providing pharmaceutical care. Appropriate application of PK monitoring results in improved patient outcomes including decreased mortality, ...
Characterizing pharmaceuticals on data exclusivity in Malaysia
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National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources
, 2015 , Article)
This study analyses the occurrence and characteristics of pharmaceutical products containing new chemical entities granted data exclusivity in Malaysia since the implementation of the provision in 2011. Data for the drug ...
Implications of external price referencing of pharmaceuticals in Middle East countries
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Taylor and Francis Ltd
, 2015 , Article)
Introduction: External price referencing (EPR) is applied frequently to control pharmaceutical prices. Our objective was to analyse how EPR is used in Middle Eastern (ME) countries and to compare the price corridor for ...
Statin Selection in Qatar Based on Multi-indication Pharmacotherapeutic Multi-criteria Scoring Model, and Clinician Preference
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
Purpose Statin selection for the largest hospital formulary in Qatar is not systematic, not comparative, and does not consider the multi-indication nature of statins. There are no reports in the literature of multi-indic ...
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors extracted from tobacco smoke as neuroprotective factors for potential treatment of Parkinson’s disease
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Bentham Science Publishers B.V.
, 2015 , Article)
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of mainly the nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons, which leads to motor dysfunction. Although, most of the drugs are currently used for ...
Impact of a pharmacy practice research capacity-building programme on improving the research abilities of pharmacists at two specialised tertiary care hospitals in Qatar: a preliminary study
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
, 2015 , Article)
The aim of this study was to develop and implement a pharmacy practice research training programme and to determine the effect of the programme on pharmacists' knowledge of, and attitudes towards, research. An intensive ...
PEGylated graphene oxide for tumor-targeted delivery of paclitaxel
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Future Medicine Ltd.
, 2015 , Article)
Aim: The graphene oxide (GO) sheet has been considered one of the most promising carbon derivatives in the field of material science for the past few years and has shown excellent tumor-targeting ability, biocompatibility ...
A comprehensive production method of self-cryoprotected nano-liposome powders
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
This study provided a convenient approach for large scale production of hydrogenated soya phosphatidylcholine nano-liposome powders using beclometasone dipropionate as a model drug and sucrose as proliposome carrier. ...
Generic medicines policy in Qatar
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Pro Pharma Communications International
, 2015 , Article)
Qatar's pharmaceutical market is likely to remain highly dependent on imports. The use of generic medicines remains a great challenge to the country.