Inadvertent prescription of gelatin-containing oral medication: Its acceptability to patients

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1043, 2012, Pages 499-502

  Vissamsetti, Bharat ^a   Payne, Mark ^b   Payne, Stephen ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH WEST YORKSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; DOXAZOSIN; DUTASTERIDE; EXCIPIENT; FINASTERIDE; FLOMAXTRA; GELATIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; OXYBUTYNIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; SOLIFENACIN; TAMSULOSIN; TOLTERODINE; TROSPIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GELATIN CONTAINING ORAL MEDICATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRESCRIPTION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DIET; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EXCIPIENTS; FEMALE; GELATIN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 84865375480     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2011-130306     Document Type: Article

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