Instead, the FDA has created pregnancy registries. These are studies that help doctors understand how safe certain drugs might be. They contain information that doctors have gained while observing pregnant patients who take medications.1You and your doctor can use this information to decide if a dr...
With a long history of application of Chinese medicines to treat pregnant disorders, large amounts of case reports and clinical trials have been reported [8]. However, until now, limited data are available to overview Chinese medicines for pregnancy. Our team has reported in a systematic review...
doi:10.12968/bjcn.2009.14.4.41528Alison WhileMA Healthcare London
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, ask your healthcare provider if you can take these medicines.How do I safely take OTC cough and cold medicines?Read the directions on the label to learn how much medicine you should take and how often to take it. Do not take more than the ...
According to a study in India, almost all the adults use OTC medicines to treat minor ailments [15]. From another study in Saudi Arabia, the misuse of OTC drugs among adults was high. Other than that, adults could consist of pregnant women, parents or guardians and elderly patients (60 ...
Introduction: Recently, the Thai government has been promoting the innovation of finished forms of traditional Thai medicine (TTM) products (e.g., tablets and capsules). According to the existing literature, most consumers are unaware of the finished forms of TTMs because of conflicting knowledge,...
The largest benefits were seen among people with depression, pregnant and postpartum women, healthy individuals, and people diagnosed with HIV or kidney disease. According to the World Health Organization,one in every eight people worldwide(970 million people) live with amental disorder. Poor mental...
People cannot take multiple medications at the same time. The elderly, children and people with chronic diseases must take the TCM medicines under the supervision of a doctor. It is not recommended for pregnant women, Xu added. T...
People in the European Union aged between 18 and 55 can now safely get a third booster shot made by Pfizer-BioNTech to protect against COVID-19. That was the decision reached by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Tuesday in Amsterdam. The EMA is still looking into wh...
Badly, more than half of these pregnant mothers, 69 (58.97%), had no information about the drugs they were taking, while 29 (24.79%) and 18 (15.38%) of them knew how to take and dose of the drug, respectively. 3.4. Factors associated with self-medication practice usin...