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Women Health
January 2025
College of Pharmacy, QU Health Sector, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
In Qatar, hormonal contraceptives are available over the counter in community pharmacies. However, improper use, particularly by women with specific health conditions, can result in adverse events. Community pharmacists (CPs) play a role in counseling women and assessing eligibility for contraceptives.
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January 2025
Department of Human Physiology and Pathophysiology,Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, 01-938 Warsaw, Poland.
Introduction: In light of the current state of the law, it is not possible to invoke the conscience clause when providing pharmaceutical services, which includes the procedure for dispensing emergency contraception to a patient. Introduction of emergency contraception available withut prescription is associated with a necessity of creating safe procedures both for patients and pharmacists.
Aim Of The Study: The purpose of the study was to analyze the Polish and international legal regulation of the conscience clause issue and how to optimize the process of making emergency contraception available without a prescription.
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
January 2025
Obstetrics and Gynecology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
This clinical update serves as a brief summary of recently published and potentially practice changing journal articles. We review recent publications related to contraceptive safety and efficacy. The article discusses updated medical eligibility recommendations, effectiveness of progestin-only pills (including the newly approved over-the-counter pill), safety of estrogen containing contraceptives in those with migraine, topiramate interactions with hormonal contraception, and the use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) with oral emergency contraception to improve efficacy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Prim Health Care
December 2024
Curtin Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia.
Introduction Optimal use of the workforce in primary care is critical due to increasing complexity and demand resulting from multi-morbidity in ageing populations. Improving public access to medicines by making them available via a pharmacist without prescription can support self-care while ensuring oversight by a health professional. Aim The aim of this paper was to identify and explore key differences between New Zealand and Australia in medicines classified nationally for pharmacist-only non-prescription supply.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContracept Reprod Med
December 2024
Faculty of Science Education, Department of Health Administration and Education, University of Education, P.O Box 25, Winneba, Central Region, West African, Ghana.
Background: Emergency Contraception (EC) is more popular among young people today, yet, there is little research on Over-the-counter procured EC among undergraduate students in African universities. This study's primary goal is to fill that gap.
Methods: This was an exploratory-cross-sequential study conducted in a public university in Ghana, using 145 purposively sampled sexually active undergraduate students.
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