A pilot study to investigate over-the-counter drug abuse and misuse in Palestine
- Publication Type
- Original research
- Authors
- Waleed M. Sweileh
- Reeem T. Arafat
- Lila S. Al-Khyat
- Dana M. Al-Masri
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The majority of nonprescription drugs, which are sold over-the-counter (OTC) in community pharmacies are assumed to be used appropriately by patients. However, a small minority of patients can misuse or abuse these products. For example, studies in many countries have shown that a significant number of OTC customers misuse/abuse these drugs.1,2 The term abuse is used here to describe the use of drugs for non-medical purposes
Journal
- Title
- Saudi Medical Journal
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Publisher Country
- Netherlands
- Indexing
- Thomson Reuters
- Impact Factor
- -2.5
- Publication Type
- Both (Printed and Online)
- Volume
- 25
- Year
- 2004
- Pages
- 2029-32