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    Drug use before hospital admission in Zimbabwe (1988)
    Springer
    European journal of clinical pharmacology 34 (1988), S. 87-90 
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    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: chloroquine ; aspirin ; antibiotics ; traditional medicine ; adverse reactions ; Zimbabwe
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Drug use before hospital admission was studied prospectively in 284 consecutive patients admitted to general medical wards in Zimbabwe. Drugs were used by 84% of patients. Self-medication was used by 143 (50%) patients, aspirin (54%) and chloroquine (17%) being the most commonly used drugs. Traditional medicines were used by 55 (19%) patients. Drugs dispensed from orthodox medical sources were taken by 128 (45%) patients. Analgesics (22%), antibiotics (18%), and chloroquine (13%) were the commonest drugs dispensed. Urine screening tests were performed and were positive for aspirin in 37% of cases, chloroquine (33%), and antibiotics (20%). Adverse drug reactions requiring hospital admission occurred in 14 patients (10 orthodox medicines, 4 traditional medicines). Drug use before hospital admission, which is often poorly documented, is a source of potential drug toxicity and may obscure a diagnosis of infective illness.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01061424
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    Intra-articular steroids: Confounder of clinical trials (1991)
    Springer
    Clinical rheumatology 10 (1991), S. 38-42 
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    ISSN: 1434-9949
    Keywords: Intra-Articular Steroids ; ESR ; C-Reactive Protein ; Rheumatoid Arthritis ; Drug Efficacy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effect of intra-articular (i-a) steroid injection on ESR and C-reactive protein (CRP) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was investigated. One week following injection of 1 or 2 knees there was a significant fall in ESR (p〈0.0001) and CRP (p〈0.01) in a cohort of 20 RA patients. The mean drop for both ESR and CRP was 46%. This effect lasted over a variable period up to 6 months. A survey of 50 published drug efficacy studies in RA revealed that, while 44 used ESR and 20 CRP as efficacy measures, 37 neither excluded nor recorded i-a steroid injections during the study. Steroid injections were excluded in 8 studies and recorded in 5, being used as an outcome measure in 2 of these. It is recommended that the frequency with which i-a injections are used in drug efficacy studies is reported and that they are avoided in the 3 months preceding an outcome measurement if ESR or CRP are being used as outcome measures.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02208031
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