Elderly Consumers’ Perceptions on Self-medication Using Over the Counter Medicines

2017 ◽  
pp. 795-804
Author(s):  
Dimitra Chatziathanasiou ◽  
Miltiadis Chalikias ◽  
Michalis Skordoulis
Keyword(s):  
Self Medication ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Elderly Consumers ◽  
Over The Counter Medicines

scholarly journals Upliftment of OTC Medicines Towards Innovative Marketing Strategies

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4S3) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Keyword(s):  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Pharmaceutical Company ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Marketing Tactic ◽  
Minor Illness ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Otc Medicines ◽  
Over The Counter Medicines

Now a day, self- medication is becoming most easiest way for consumer. In spite of visiting doctors by spending their time and money for their minor illness many consumer has chosen to consume over-the-counter medicines (OTC). In order to capture these consumers the pharmaceutical company is using various marketing strategies to promote their company OTC medicines. The marketing strategy is an essential tool to promote their OTC medicine in an effective way. The purpose of this paper stands to explain the different types of marketing tactic used by the pharmaceutical company to detain in the market. This article also elaborates about OTC medicines, marketing strategies, advertising, promotion and its impact.

Legal Regulation of Treatment for Depression

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Series
Keyword(s):  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Mental Capacity ◽  
Medicinal Products ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Controlled Drugs ◽  
Treatment Of Depression ◽  
Mental Capacity Act 2005 ◽  
Incapacitated Patients ◽  
Mental Capacity Act ◽  
Over The Counter Medicines

This chapter reviews the legal regulation of treatment of depression as it exists in England and Wales, where medicinal products are regulated largely by the Medicines Act 1988 and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The Medicines Act divides medicinal products into pharmacy only medicines, which can only be purchased under the supervision of a pharmacist, over-the-counter medicines, and prescription only medicines. The Misuse of Drugs Act is concerned with controlled drugs. These are divided into three classes according to their perceived degree of harmfulness. This chapter considers treatment with valid consent and two pieces of legislation that govern people who are sufficiently ill and need to be admitted to hospital: the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA). It also discusses treatment of mentally incapacitated patients and the issue of liberty regarding the admission of a compliant but incapacitated patient to hospital. Finally, it looks at three types of non-medical prescribing in England, issued by independent prescribers, supplementary prescribers, and community practitioners.

scholarly journals Future Pharmacists’ Opinions on the Facilitation of Self-Care with Over-the-Counter Products and Whether This Should Remain a Core Role

Pharmacy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Lezley-Anne Hanna ◽  
Alana Murphy ◽  
Maurice Hall ◽  
Rebecca Craig
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Contraception ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Single Institution ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Otc Medicines ◽  
Practice Methods ◽  
Identifiable Data

Background: The aim was to investigate pharmacy students’ views on the role of the pharmacist in facilitating self-care with over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, particularly in light of new roles, and establish personal practice. Methods: Final year pharmacy students at Queen’s University Belfast were invited to participate. Data were collected via a pre-piloted questionnaire, distributed at a compulsory class (only non-identifiable data were requested). Descriptive statistics were performed, and non-parametric tests were employed for inferential statistical analysis (responses by gender). Results: The response rate was 87.6% (78/89); 34.6% (27/78) males and 65.4% (51/78) females. Over a third [34.6% (27/78)] reported using OTC medicines about once a month. All appreciated the importance of an evidence-based approach to optimize patient care. Most [(96.2% (75/78)] deemed OTC consultations should remain a fundamental responsibility of pharmacists and 69.2% (54/78) thought OTC consultations have the potential to be as complex as independent pharmacist prescribing. Females felt more confident recommending OTC emergency contraception than males (p = 0.002 for levonorgestrel and p = 0.011 for ulipristal acetate). Many [61.5% (48/78)] considered more medicines should not be deregulated from prescription-only status. Conclusions: Data from this single institution suggests that enabling self-medication is an important part of practice but there were confidence issues around deregulations.

Factors that influence Italian consumers’ understanding of over-the-counter medicines and risk perception

2012 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Calamusa ◽  
Alessandra Di Marzio ◽  
Renza Cristofani ◽  
Paola Arrighetti ◽  
Vincenzo Santaniello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Over The Counter Medicines

Use of over-the-counter medicines for young children in Australia

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 5-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Misel Trajanovska ◽  
Elizabeth Manias ◽  
Noel Cranswick ◽  
Linda Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Over The Counter Medicines

scholarly journals Public perception of community pharmacists in South Africa: a preliminary study

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Bornman ◽  
Ilse Truter ◽  
Daniel JL Venter
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Community Pharmacies ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Preliminary Study

This survey forms part of a study undertaken to identify and quantify the community pharmacist’s involvement in the use of non-prescription/over-the-counter (OTC) medicine/self-medication in community pharmacies throughout South Africa. Opsomming Hierdie opname vorm deel van ‘n studie wat onderneem word om die gemeenskapsapteker se betrokkenheid in die gebruik van nie-voorskrif/oor-die-toonbank medikasie/ selfmedikasie in gemeenskapsapteke in Suid Afrika te identifiseer en te kwantifiseer. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

scholarly journals RESEARCH ON SELF MEDICATION: A HYPE OR A HOPE? A LITERATURE REVIEW.

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Mythri Halappa
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Prescription Drugs ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Recent Trend ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
World Health ◽  
Public Health Importance ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractMedications are one of the most important tools in public health practice. Since the 1980s, self‑medication is of prime public health importance as World Health Organization, in order to reduce the burden on health care professionals changed some prescription drugs to be sold over the counter. Each drug has its own advantages & disadvantages. Hence, always they have to be taken with caution. Considering this a recent trend has increased in surveying the prevalence of self medication. Hence, this review critically evaluated the studies to put a light on basic concept of self medication.Key words: Self medication, Drug abuse, Self care, Substance abuse, Antibiotic usage. 

scholarly journals Milk-Alkali Syndrome: An Unusual Cause of Acute Renal Failure

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-65
Author(s):  
Azhar Ahmad ◽  
◽  
Rodney Dathan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Metabolic Alkalosis ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Symptomatic Treatment ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
H2 Receptor Antagonists ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Ulcer Disease

Milk–alkali syndrome is described as a triad of hypercalcaemia, metabolic alkalosis and renal impairment, resulting from the ingestion of calcium and absorbable alkali1. It was more common in the early part of the century when antacids were used for the symptomatic treatment of peptic ulcer disease. The use of antacids has since been overtaken by H2- receptor antagonists and proton pump inhibitors. More recently, there have been various case reports of milk-alkali syndrome due to the increasing use of calcium carbonate as part of the management of osteoporosis and chronic renal failure, and also the increasing availability of calcium carbonate ‘over the counter’. We describe a case of milk-alkali syndrome due to self-medication with calcium carbonate.

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