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Front Pharmacol
January 2025
Department of Pharmacy, Cheeloo College of Medicine, The Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Background: Compound schizonepeta fumigation lotion is a type of Chinese patent medicine for external use. It has the effect of dispelling wind, eliminating dampness, reducing swelling, and relieving pain. Clinically, it is used for anal fumigation and treatment of external hemorrhoids, anal fissures, and other diseases.
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January 2025
College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Background: The improper disposal of unwanted or unused medications is a pressing issue that can lead to drug misuse and environmental contamination. Pharmacists play a crucial role in promoting safe drug disposal by the public. This study explores pharmacists' perceptions of the causes of unwanted and unused medications, their practices, and the barriers to promoting safe medication disposal among the public in the United Arab Emirates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Diabetes Sci Technol
January 2025
Diabetes Research Institute, Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, San Mateo, CA, USA.
An Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report on September 19, 2024, highlighted the need for additional oversight of remote patient monitoring (RPM), which is covered by Medicare. OIG noted that Medicare claims frequently lack crucial information that would facilitate proper oversight. While Medicare has published guidelines for reimbursement according to RPM billing codes, greater clarity is needed to avoid inadvertent improper billing practices.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMonaldi Arch Chest Dis
January 2025
Department of Pharmacy Practice, KLE College of Pharmacy, Belagavi, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research, Karnataka.
Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cognitive impairment (CI) often face difficulties accurately administering inhalers, which are essential for managing their respiratory condition. Many elderly individuals make major errors that prevent proper medicine administration. Maintaining proper inhaler use skills is critical in controlling COPD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Chem Phys
January 2025
CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
While most thermostats in molecular dynamics are designed for equilibrium systems, their extension to non-equilibrium simulations has little theoretical justification. In the literature, an artifact referred to as "lane formation" was discovered; however, its cause remained unclear and was simply attributed to a constraint on velocity fluctuations or non-ergodicity in thermostats. In addition, global deterministic thermostatted dynamics was found to exhibit unceasing phase-space compression in steady states, incompatible with their expected stationary distributions and Gibbs entropy, which was mistakenly perceived as inescapable.
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