Utilization of over the counter medication among pregnant women; a cross-sectional study conducted at Isra University Hospital, Hyderabad

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 68-71

  Bohio, Rabail ^a   Brohi, Zahida Perveen ^a   Bohio, Farrukh ^a  

^a ISRA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Awareness; Over the counter; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CASTOR OIL; IBUPROFEN; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; SELF MEDICATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; MIDDLE AGED; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; SELF MEDICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84950122295     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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