Incitement to misuse of corticosteroids by Arab YouTubers in a local context.

Background: The ubiquity of social media has ushered in an era where uncontrolled content sharing extends to all subjects, including sensitive topics such as medication consumption.

Objective: To quantify the prevalence of YouTube videos providing information on glucocorticoids and to underscore the risks associated with inaccurate information, which might inadvertently promote inappropriate use of these medications.

Methods: The YouTube videos were selected using predefined keywords from February 20 to March 4, 2023.

Chronic kidney disease in America, Africa, and Asia: Overview of treatment cost and options.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the non-infectious diseases that threaten patients' lives on a daily basis. Its prevalence is high, but under-reported by patients and those living with the disease, as it is silent and asymptomatic in the early stages. Kidney disease increases the risk of heart and vascular disease.

Tumor Necrosis Alpha (TNF-α) Antagonists Used in Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: Risks and their Minimization Measures.

Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF- α) inhibitors are widely employed for the management of chronic inflammatory rheumatism. However, their usage carries significant risks, including site and infusion reactions, serious infections, malignancy, heart failure autoimmune and demyelinating disorders. These risks are comprehensively outlined in risk management plans (RMPs) associated with these molecules.

[Traditional camphor misuse: a forgotten danger to children (about 2 cases)].

In our country, the use of traditional medicinal recipes and artisan cosmetic products is very frequent due to the high rate of illiteracy, low purchasing power and of the large number of herbalists. Camphor is a low-cost product, easily accessible and omnipresent in almost every home, making it potentially toxic in case of misuse, in particular among children. We here report two cases of intoxication induced by beauty recipe made with powdered camphor.

National strategy for the integration of pharmacovigilance in the Moroccan TB Control Program.

The objective of this work is to demonstrate the interest of integration of pharmacovigilance in Moroccan Tuberculosis Control Program (MTCP). The integration of pharmacovigilance in MTCP was conducted in October 2012with the Global Fund support. We compared the reports notified before and after this integration (period 1: January 2010-October2012; period 2: October 2012-December 2013).

[Therapeutic drug monitoring of three antiepileptic drugs - Back on twenty years of experience].

Introduction: The therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of antiepileptic drugs is a tool widely used in the management of epilepsy. In Morocco, this monitoring is carried out by the Centre Anti Poison et Pharmacovigilance (CAPM) since April 1995.

Methods: This is a retrospective study spanning 20 years.