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Pharmacists views on their level of interaction with patients in Lagos, Nigeria
(Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy, 2012)Background: The pharmacists overall goal of interacting with patients is to promote rational use of drugs (RUD). The goal of communication with the patient is to provide information that the patient is able to understand ... -
Contraceptive Knowledge and Practice: A Survey of Tertiary Institution Students in Lagos, Nigeria.
(Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy, 2015)Background: Students in tertiary institutions are usually teenagers, adolescents and/or young adults and are known to be adventurous and engage in risky sexual behavior such as unprotected sex. Unprotected sex carries a ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practices of In-School Youth in Tertiary Institutions in Lagos State to HIV/AIDS
(Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2005)HIV/AIDS seriously affects adolescents throughout the world. One third of all currently infected individuals are youth between the ages of 15 to 24 and half of all new infections occur in youth of the same age. People of ... -
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: An Index for Female Infertility in a Teaching Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria
(Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2006)Background: Increasing numbers of women experiencing delay in childbirth have been encountered in various locations including churches, community pharmacies, hospitals and even in the neighborhood. Also a higher proportion ... -
Acceptance of ACTs by Patients in Private Healthcare Facilities in Surulere, Lagos State
(Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2008)Chloroquine has remained the first line in the management of malaria for over five decades. The avalanche of published research works and books on Chloroquine attests to its success and usefulness. Although, Chloroquine ... -
Quality Assessment of Glibenclamide and Nifedipine tablets in Community Pharmacies in Lagos State
(International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), 2018-09)Background Glibenclamide and Nifedipine are used as mainstay for two common chronic diseases in developing countries, diabetes & hypertension1. Often, patients cannot insist on brand faithfulness and many healthcare workers ... -
Pharmacists' knowledge, attitude and perception towards prevention and management of diabetes macrovascular complications
(Highland Medical Research Journal, 2016)Background: Diabetes Macrovascular Complications (DMVCs) are reportedly responsible for 65% of deaths among diabetes patients. The possession of appropriate knowledge and attitude/perception towards the prevention and ... -
Assessment of Prescribing Pattern and Consumption of Selected Drugs at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)
(University of Lagos Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2017)Background: Assessing the existing prescribing practices in a health facility is important as it helps to identify specific medicine use problems to be corrected for enhanced rational use of medicines. Objectives: The ... -
Self-Reported Adherence to Antihypertensive Drugs in a Nigerian Population Using the Morrisky Medication Adherence Scale.” Nig. Quart. J. Hosp. Med., 24(2) Apr-Jun.
(Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2014)Background: Poor adherence to medications is one of the reasons for dismal outcomes in hypertensives. Only about one-third of hypertensives have good BP control, largely caused by poor adherence to medications. Although ... -
Off-Label Prescription for Paediatric In- And Out_Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria
(West African Journal of Pharmacology and Drug Research, 2015)The licensing process of medicines aims at ensuring their safety, efficacy and quality. Although many medicines are not licenced for paediatric use, they are nevertheless prescribed for children outside the terms of their ... -
Fake drugs: A survey of healthcare providers in Lagos State, Nigeria.
(Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences, 2017)Background: Faking and counterfeiting occurs throughout the world with claims that it is more common in some developing countries with weak regulatory programs. It is estimated that more than 10% of drugs worldwide are ... -
Quality assessment of ciprofloxacin tablets obtained from community pharmacies in Lagos, Nigeria
(Ife Journal of Science, 2018)Ciprofloxacin is increasingly being used in the management of various cases of infectious diseases including gonorrhoea and acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis. As bioavailability and bioequivalence of drug products ... -
Herbal medicine use among Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Nigeria: understanding the magnitude and predictors of use
(Springer International Publishing, 2018-04)Background Patients with chronic diseases exploit complementary and alternative treatment options to manage their conditions better and improve well-being. Objective To determine the prevalence and predictors of herbal ... -
Community pharmacists' assessment of the factors that influence the recommendation of complementary medicines in Lagos State, Nigeria: a pilot study.
(West African Journal of Pharmacy, 2017)Background: Individuals are now more proactive about their healthcare and complementary medicines (CMs) are usually utilized for self-care. They are widely sold in community pharmacies in Nigeria. Objectives: This study ... -
Assessment of continuing professional development activities among pharmacists in Nigeria
(West African Journal of Pharmacy, 2017)Background: Continuing Professional Development (CPD) was developed as formal lifelong learning systems with the aim of updating the knowledge and skills of professionals to meet continual challenge of maintaining competency ... -
Antimalarial prescribing under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)
(West African Journal of Pharmacy, 2014)Background: Malaria is still a dreaded disease in many developing countries. Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) was adopted for malaria control as it offers better efficacy to previous chloroquine-based remedies. ... -
Management of skin diseases among community pharmacists in Lagos, Nigeria.
(West African Journal of Pharmacy, 2017)Background: Skin disorders can be due to infections, allergies, adverse drug reactions and sequelae to abuse of cosmetics amongst others. Pharmacists play an important role in identifying and managing skin problems, ... -
A Comparative Survey of Pharmacists’ Perception of Community Pharmacy Services Provided in Two Local Government Areas in Lagos State
(International Journal of Biology, Pharmacy and Allied Sciences, 2013)Community pharmacists work according to legal and ethical guidelines to ensure rational use of medicines. Recently, the professional role of pharmacists is changing to one in which they assist the public to get the best ... -
Assessment of Pharmacy Students' Willingness to Practice after Graduation
(West African Journal of Pharmacy, 2011)Background: Emigration of pharmacists is a problem in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Objectives: To identify if the tendency to emigrate (internal and external) is already determined during the undergraduate ... -
Cigarette smoking among healthcare professional students of University of Lagos and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-araba, Lagos, Nigeria
(Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2009-01)Background: It is a known fact that health professionals can play a critical role in reducing tobacco use. In fact, it has been shown that even brief and simple advice from health care professionals can substantially ...