Evaluating consumer self-medication practices, pharmaceutical care services, and pharmacy selection: a quantitative study.

Background: The primary objectives of this study were the evaluation of consumer self-medication practices, the assessment of pharmaceutical care provided by pharmacy employees, and the analysis of consumer satisfaction with such care. The research was also aimed at examining the main criteria that consumers consider important when selecting a pharmacy in Armenia.

Methods: The survey was based on an anonymous questionnaire and carried out between March 2020 and November 2021.

Features of the clinical picture of keratitis in horses with different forms of the course of the disease.

Background: Keratitis is a common cause of eye diseases in horses, often resulting in complete loss of vision.

Aim: The purpose of this article is to study the features of the clinical picture of primary and secondary keratitis in horses, depending on the form of the course of the disease.

Methods: The study was conducted in 2019 at 22 private horse breeding farms.

Complexions therapy and severe intoxication by Thallium salts.

The aim of this paper is to study the clinical features of severe intoxications with thallium salts and developing effective care schemes for the application of potassium hexacyanoferrate (II) and deferasirox for correction of detected disorders. A total of 39 patients diagnosed with severe thallium salt poisoning were examined in two groups. Group I comprised 20 patients with severe thallium salt poisoning, who were prescribed with potassium-iron hexacyanoferrate in a dose of 250 mg/kg/day per os, intravenous potassium infusions, furosemide intravenously in amount of 40 mg three times per, and hemodialysis until the thallium level in the blood dropped below 10 mg/L, lactulose 30 mL two times per day per os.