International journal of clinical pharmacy
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Multicenter Study
Evaluation of potentially inappropriate medications among older residents of Malaysian nursing homes.
There is an increasing evidence of medicines related issues such as inappropriate prescribing among older people. Inappropriate prescribing is an important risk factor for adverse drug reactions and hospitalizations in the older people. ⋯ Potentially inappropriate medications are highly prevalent among older residents living in the nursing homes and are associated with number of medications and longer nursing home stay. Further research is warranted to study the impact of PIMs towards health related outcomes in these elderly.
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Multicenter Study
Irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders: evaluating self-medication in an Asian community setting.
Gastrointestinal disorders frequently present symptoms which are often self-treated. ⋯ Patients who fulfilled criteria for irritable bowel syndrome had a high tendency to self-treat their gastrointestinal symptoms. Constipation complaints were also common. Around one in five patients self-medicated gastrointestinal symptoms inappropriately, with antacids being the most common.