Self-medication practices with conventional and herbal drugs among ear, nose, and throat patients.

Objective: This study evaluates the self-practices with conventional and herbal drug use among ear, nose, and throat outpatients.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey-based study was carried out among all ear, nose, and throat outpatients on their first visit to the otorhinolaryngology department at a tertiary care hospital. The survey comprised a total of 14 questions with 4 different sections, including demographic characteristics, self-medication of conventional medicines, herbal medication usage, and perception regarding herbal medicines.

Dipyrone ameliorates behavioural changes induced by unpredictable chronic mild stress: gender differences.

Purpose: Antidepressant effects of analgesics have been investigate in both clinical and experimental studies. The purpose of this study was to investigate if the analgesic-antipyretic drug, dipyrone, also had antidepressant-like effects.

Methods: Depression-like effects were investigated in an unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS) model in both male and female mice.