scholarly journals ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL EXTENDED SERVICES PERFORMED BY MALAYSIAN COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS, PERCEPTIONS AND BARRIERS TOWARDS IT’S PERFORMANCE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazri Nordin ◽  
Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali ◽  
Azmi Sarriff
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Medication Use ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Right

Objective: Aims of this review were to identify actual or potential extended services performed in community pharmacy settings, perceptions among community pharmacists (CPs), general practitioners (GPs), consumers and policymakers of these extended services and barriers towards its performance.Methods: A literature review was conducted, using Google Scholar and PubMed as a searching engine.Results: Identifying eight quality full texts to review which fulfil the inclusion searching criteria, revealing a wide range of actual or potential extended services performed by CPs such as counselling on asthma, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, diabetes, smoking cessation and self-medication. GPs’ perceptions towards these extended services were varied, not or in favour of CPs to perform some actual or potential extended services. Customers were in favour of CPs to perform these actual or potential extended services whereas CPs indicated a few barriers towards the performance of these actual or potential extended services.Conclusion: As a conclusion, CPs in Malaysia were in the right position to perform the actual or potential extended services, collaborating with GPs to promote better medication use and enhance patients’ quality of life. Some barriers towards these extended services must be intervened in order to enhance the quality of the services.

scholarly journals Mirtazapine for the Treatment of Chronic Pruritus

Medicines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raveena Khanna ◽  
Emily Boozalis ◽  
Micah Belzberg ◽  
John G. Zampella ◽  
Shawn G. Kwatra
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Conventional Therapy ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
English Language ◽  
First Line ◽  
Chronic Itch ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Chronic Pruritus

Background: Chronic pruritus is a debilitating condition associated with a wide range of dermatologic, systemic and psychogenic etiologies. In patients with chronic pruritus that is refractory to conventional therapy, symptoms can significantly decrease quality of life by contributing to anxiety, sleep disturbances, and in many cases depression. Recent studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of mirtazapine in relieving chronic itch that is refractory to standard first-line therapies. Methods: We searched PubMed for English-language articles containing the words (“pruritus” or “itch”) AND “antidepressant” and then conducted a systematic review of the current literature to summarize the efficacy of mirtazapine in treating chronic itch. Results: All studies reported a reduction in itch intensity following the administration of mirtazapine. Conclusion: Collectively, these studies suggest the potential for mirtazapine to relieve chronic itch attributed to dermatological causes and malignancies. As, such mirtazapine may be an option for patients with chronic pruritus that is refractory to typical first-line treatments.

The effect of scalp cooling on CIA-related quality of life in breast cancer patients: a systematic review

2019 ◽  
Vol 175 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dustin H. Marks ◽  
Jean-Phillip Okhovat ◽  
Dina Hagigeorges ◽  
Athena J. Manatis-Lornell ◽  
Steven J. Isakoff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Scalp Cooling ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
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