Determinants of medication non-adherence among patients with chronic diseases at community pharmacy settings in South Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a multicenter cross-sectional study.

Background: Medication non-adherence is a significant public health concern in managing patients with chronic diseases, and community pharmacists are on the frontline in the management of chronic medications. Chronic diseases require lifelong pharmacotherapy and understanding the determinants of medication adherence has paramount importance to develop strategies that improve medication adherence and treatment outcomes. Thus, this study aimed to assess the magnitude of medication non-adherence and its contributing factors among patients with chronic diseases attending community pharmacies in South Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia.

Evaluation of anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of solvent fraction of the roots of Mesfin (Asteraceae) in mice model.

Objective: The present study was aimed at investigating the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of the solvent fractions of the roots of  Mesfin in rodent models of pain and inflammation.

Methods: Successive maceration was used as a method of extraction using solvents of increasing polarity: methanol and water. Ethyl acetate, chloroform and distilled water were used as solvents of the fraction process.

Evaluation of antibiotic utilization pattern in the treatment of acute diarrheal diseases at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized hospital, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia: A retrospective cross-sectional study.

Background: In clinical settings all across the world, including Ethiopia, the irrational use of antibiotics to treat acute diarrhea is common. The main causes of resistance are antibiotic abuse, misuse, and underuse, and among infectious diseases, antibiotic overuse is pervasive in diarrheal infections around the world. As a result, the primary goal of this study was to evaluate antibiotic use patterns for the treatment of acute diarrheal diseases at Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in North-West Ethiopia.

antidiarrheal activity of the crude extract and solvent fractions of (Rhamnaceae) leaves.

Background: Even though numerous conventional anti-diarrheal agents are available, the inherent toxicities of the drugs urge the search for alternative drugs that are safe and effective.

Objective: To evaluate the anti-diarrheal activity of crude extract and solvent fractions of leaves.

Materials And Methods: The were macerated using absolute methanol and then fractionated using solvents of different polarity indexes.

A Systematic Review of Ethnobotanical, Phytochemical, and Ethnopharmacological Studies of (Stinging Nettle).

The Urticaceae family contains 54 genera and more than 2000 species that can be found in tropical, subtropical, and temperate climates all over the world. This family includes the largest genus in the world, , which is also known as stinging nettle. Stinging hairs are present on the lower surface of the leaves and beneath the stems of , also known as the stinging nettle, herbal nettle that is dioecious, upright, and unbranched.

Evaluation of In Vivo Wound-Healing and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Solvent Fractions of Fruits of L. (Papaveraceae).

Introduction: The solvent fractions of the fruits of L. (Papaveraceae) have not yet been explored scientifically for in vivo wound healing and anti-inflammatory activities. The objective of this study was, therefore, to evaluate in vivo wound healing and anti-inflammatory activities of the solvent fractions of the fruit of L.

Antiplasmodial Activity of 80% Methanolic Extract and Solvent Fractions of Stem Bark of in Swiss Albino Mice.

Background: Malarial infection has significant negative impact on the health of the world population. It is treated by modern and traditional medicines. Among traditional medicinal plants, is used by different communities as antimalarial agent.

Drug-drug interactions among hospitalized elderly in patients at medical wards of Northwest Ethiopia's Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals: A multicenter observational study.

Objective: Drug-drug interactions are of major concern due to links to untoward drug effects, hospitalizations, and serious health impacts. Elderly patients are more predisposed to drug interactions than younger patients. The present study aimed to find out the prevalence of drug-drug interactions at North West Ethiopian compressive specialized hospitals' Internal Medicine wards.

Evaluation of prescription completeness, rational drug-use patterns using WHO prescribing, patient-care and facility indicators in Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.

Objective: Irrational medicine use results in diseases worsening, disability, death, and wastage of limited resources. This study was predominantly aimed to evaluate the rationality of medicine use patterns by assessing prescribing, patient-care, and facility indicators at Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital by using World Health Organization core drug use indicators.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was conducted to collect prescribing indicator data from 780 prescriptions retrospectively from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 at outpatient pharmacy of the hospital and exit interview was held prospectively on 150 patients to evaluate patient-care indicators.

Herbal medicines use and associated factors among pregnant women in Debre Tabor town, north West Ethiopia: a mixed method approach.

Background: Use of herbal medicines during pregnancy has been increase in many developing and developed countries. In spite of the studies done on herbal medicine, no study has addressed use of herbal medicine among pregnant women in Debre Tabor Town. Hence, the major aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of herbal medicine use and associated factors.