Prevalence and associated factors of self-medication in worldwide pregnant women: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Self-medication during pregnancy is of great interest. The use of drugs during pregnancy requires a careful reflection on the benefits to the mother and the risks to the fetus. Selecting a drug or drugs for treating pregnant women can be difficult for clinicians owing to the various pharmacokinetic and physiological changes encountered during pregnancy.

Self-medication practice among pregnant and postpartum women attending the regional hospital center of Souss Massa, Morocco: a cross-sectional study.

Self-medication among pregnant women represents a serious risk to the mother's and child's health. It is a global concern that requires careful attention from professionals in healthcare. In Morocco, there is a lack of available data on self-medication and predicting variables among pregnant and postpartum women.

Prevalence, motivation, and associated factors of medicinal herbs consumption in pregnant women from Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office: a systematic review.

Context: Worldwide access to medication remains a major public health problem that forces pregnant women to self-medicate with several sources, such as medicinal plants. This alternative medicine is increasing in many low- and high-income countries for several reasons.

Objective: This a systematic literature review on the prevalence of herbal use during pregnancy from the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office.

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Objectives: After the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, various countries took preventive health measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The quality of life (QOL) of many populations was affected by lockdown and social distancing. The pandemic increased healthcare professionals' workload and decreased doctors' QOL.

Dataset to explore factors affecting COVID-19 vaccination intention. Evidence from Morocco.

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has had an immense impact on humanity in every aspect of life. Governments around the world have mandated movement restrictions, including in the Moroccan government, in which unfortunately the pandemic continues to propagate and causes serious problems for public health and economic activities in the Kingdom. As a major factor in the fight against the spread of COVID-19, the Moroccan government has undertaken major efforts to ensure the availability of the COVID-19 vaccines for all citizens.

Penile Doppler ultrasound study in priapism: A systematic review.

Background: Penile Doppler ultrasound (PDU) is suggested to be an alternative to blood gas analysis (BGA) from the corpora cavernosa in differentiating between high- and low-flow priapisms, with limited supportive evidence.

Aim: To compare penile Doppler ultrasound study and blood gas analysis in the diagnosis of priapism, through a systematic review of the literature.

Methods: Studies were identified by literature search of Medline, Scopus, Cochrane and ClinicalTrials.

Association of Processed Meats and Alcohol Consumption with Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Worldwide Population-Based Study.

The link between diet and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is still unclear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of diet with RCC's incidence and mortality rates worldwide. We conducted an ecological study including 170 countries, whose data on age-standardized (AS) incidence and mortality rates of RCC, dietary factors, and potentially confounding factors such as obesity, insufficient physical activity, tobacco smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and human development index (HDI) were collected and available on May 2020 from the Global Cancer Observatory, the Global Dietary Database, the Global Health Observatory data repository, the Diabetes Atlas 9th edition and the Human Development Report 2019.

Association of Prostate Cancer with Nuts, Seeds, Alcohol and Processed Meats: A Worldwide Population-Based Study.

There are conflicting data with regards to the link between diet and the prostate cancer. The purpose of this study was to assess the association of dietary factors with incidence, prevalence and mortality rates of prostate cancer worldwide. We conducted an ecological study including 170 countries, whose data on incidence, prevalence and mortality rates of prostate cancer, dietary factors, and potentially confounding factors were available and collected in May 2020.

Food and lipid intake alters the pharmacokinetics of cyclosporine in kidney transplants.

Prevention of kidney graft rejection with cyclosporine leads to a large interindividual pharmacokinetic variability. However, food intake is likely to alter cyclosporine pharmacokinetics, and therefore its efficacy. The aim of our study was to evaluate the influence of food and lipid intake on cyclosporine pharmacokinetics.

Pharmaco-Analytical Study and Phytochemical Profile of Hydroethanolic Extract of Algerian Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica.L).

Background: "Opuntia ficus-indica" (prickly pear) is the cactus member of the Cactaceae family as an important nutrient and food source.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to characterize the phytochemical composition of hydroalcoholic extract of prickly pear seeds that cause therapeutic effects.

Methods: Phytochemical screening based on simple tests and determination of secondary metabolites were performed by High-Performance Liquid with Diode-Array Detection (HPLC-DAD) analysis.

Follow-up of glycemic index before and after Ramadan fasting in type 2 diabetes patients under antidiabetic medications.

Introduction: Fasting has no adverse effects on healthy Muslims during Ramadan. However, it can induce serious complications for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). We aimed to follow the variation of some biochemical and clinical parameters in T2D patients before and after Ramadan; and to determine the incidence of fasting on hypoglycaemia and lactic acidosis associated with antidiabetic agents such as metformin.

[Pharmacogenetics and prediction of side effects of drugs].

Drug response is often variable from one individual to another, which sometimes makes them difficult to use when the therapeutic range is narrow. This interindividual variability in response can be explained in part by genetic factors affecting the metabolism, transport and the mechanism of action of drugs. Pharmacogenetics studies the genetic mechanisms involved in the response to drugs in order to optimize drug therapy, both in terms of efficacy and job security.

[Customizing dosage drugs what contribution in therapeutic drug monitoring?].

Drug response is often variable from an individual to another: the same dose of drug administered to different patients could cause variable pharmacological effects in nature and intensity. Those effects are often the result of variability in drugs pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination) which alter their bioavailability. In fact, two factors should be taken into account: the disease(s) from which the patient suffers, and the associated drugs, because many drug interactions may alter their pharmacokinetics causing consequently quite enough of different therapeutic effects.

Pituitary mass induced by pharmacological interaction.

A pituitary mass secondary to peripheral hypothyroidism drug interaction is rare. Very few cases are reported in the literature. Neglecting this pathological association that is not initially obvious, might lead to very invasive surgical treatment, while the pathology could have a very good outcome using medical treatment.

[Medicines and breastfeeding: assessing the risk of medicines to infants].

Milk, in addition to its undeniable nutritional and immunological benefits, is an important element for the development of the infant. Warnings, sometimes exaggerated, may prevent the mother and child from enjoying the benefits of both breastfeeding and appropriate medication. This approach is justified by the total absence of investigations on the excretion of drugs in breast milk during clinical trials.

[Introduction of pharmacovigilance in a new university hospital in Morocco: how and why].

In an effort to improve patient safety, Hassan II hospital in Fez introduced a pharmacovigilance system for notification of adverse drug reactions as a priority objective. The implementation of pharmacovigilance activities actually began in June 2007 but it was in 2009 after the inauguration of the new complex that the system became properly operational. This report outlines the activities carried out to develop and implement this system, including informing and training the health professionals, and the results obtained after its introduction.

[Anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Zygophyllum gaetulum].

Zygophylle or Zygophyllum gaetulum Emberger and. Maire is a Moroccan medicinal plant which has been used as an anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, antispasmodic and antidiarrheic. The present study was carried out to study and compare the anti-inflammatory effect of ethanolic extract with aqueous extract of Z.

[Long-term malaria prophylaxis with mefloquine: a study of adverse drug reactions].

Purpose: To estimate the relative frequency of reported adverse drug reactions during the malaria chemoprophylactic period of the Moroccan contingent in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Methods: The transversal survey involved all military personnel of the Moroccan contingent and was carried out using a questionnaire to be filled out by a multidisciplinary medical team. It was performed in all the military sites and the advanced posts accessible during the period of the study.

Carbon monoxide poisoning in Morocco during 1999-2007.

Introduction: Carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication is one of the most common types of poisoning in the modern world. The aim of the present study is to describe the evolution of CO poisoning during a period between January 1999 and December 2007 based on data collected from result of toxicological analysis in the laboratory of toxicology in the National Institute of Health in Morocco.

Materials And Methods: This study was based on autopsies samples sent to the laboratory of forensic toxicology covering the time period January 1999 to December 2007.