Over the Counter Drugs: Patients, society, and the increase in self medication

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7031, 1996, Pages 629-632

  Blenkinsopp, Alison ^a   Bradley, Colin ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CADEXOMER IODINE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DEXTRANOMER; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIHYDROCODEINE; FLUCONAZOLE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROCORTISONE; IBUPROFEN; IMIDAZOLE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; KETOCONAZOLE; LOPERAMIDE; MEBENDAZOLE; MINOXIDIL; NICOTINE GUM; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; PYRANTEL EMBONATE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; TERFENADINE; TIOCONAZOLE; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG COST; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; PHARMACY; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 0029921306     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7031.629     Document Type: Article

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