Polypharmacy and patterns in drug prescribing at a primary healthcare centre in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-128

  Asiri, Yousif A ^a   Al Arifi, Mohamed N ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

care; medicine; pattern; pharmacy; prescription

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFPROZIL; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; DICLOFENAC; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FERRIC ION; GLIBENCLAMIDE; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLEPHRINE; RANITIDINE; SALBUTAMOL; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; TENOXICAM; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOTHERAPY; PEDIATRICS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952602831     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7174.2010.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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