Current status and perceived challenges of collaborative research in a leading pharmacy college in Iraq: a qualitative study.

Background: Interdisciplinary collaboration among academic pharmacists is crucial for enhancing scientific research, discovering new drugs and modifying existing ones, besides solving pharmaceutical problems. This study aimed to explore the perception and experience of academic pharmacists regarding research collaboration.

Methods: A qualitative study through one-to-one face-to-face interviews with faculty members at the University of Baghdad/College of Pharmacy was conducted from May to July/2023.

Determining the perceptions and practices of oncologists regarding venous thromboembolism risk assessment in ambulatory cancer patients: A qualitative study.

Cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) can increase morbidity and mortality for cancer patients. Therefore, guidelines recommend predicting VTE risk and thromboprophylaxis for high-risk patients. Many studies critique oncologists' adherence to thromboprophylaxis guidelines for cancer patients.

Sertraline-Induced Hypoglycemia in Drug-Induced Liver Injury.

Sertraline, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, is a medication recommended as a third line treatment of cholestatic liver injury pruritis. We report a case of a young male who developed liver injury secondary to self-administration of anabolic steroids and who complained of persistent pruritis leading to a treatment by sertraline. Two days later, the patient was admitted to the hospital with a severe hypoglycemia, while the liver function tests were in amelioration.

Pharmacists' perception about efficacy, safety, and quality of dietary supplements that used for rheumatic disorders in the Iraqi pharmaceutical market.

Rheumatic diseases are common progressive diseases that associated with chronic pain. Most patients seek to reduce the pain of these diseases by using dietary supplements (DS). Yet, most DS have limited benefits to reduce pain and/or disease progression.