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Self-medication
Mota, Inês; Mendes, Isabel; Almeida, João; Pires, Maria Francisca; Pires, Tânia C.S.P.; Nascimento, LuísSelf-medication allows individuals to treat minor health issues without a medical prescription, facilitated by the availability of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines (May, L., Schaefer, M., & Tamburro, C., 2023). This practice requires healthcare professionals, particularly pharmacists, to play a key role in ensuring the safe and rational use of medicines (Pacha et al., 2023). Objectives: This study aimed to unde...
Self-medication
Mota, Inês; Mendes, Isabel; Almeida, João; Pires, Maria Francisca; Pires, Tânia C.S.P.; Nascimento, LuísSelf-medication allows individuals to treat minor health issues without a medical prescription, facilitated by the availability of over-thecounter (OTC) medicines [1,2]. This practice requires healthcare professionals, particularly pharmacists, to play a key role in ensuring the safe and rational use of medicines. Objectives: This study aimed to understand the motivations behind self-medication in Portugal and ...
Radiotherapy in supratentorial low grade gliomas.
Mascarenhas, Francisco; Matos, José António; Ortiz, Maximino; Pires, Maria Francisca; Grillo, Isabel MonteiroThe management of the supratentorial low-grade gliomas has been a question of great debate in our days and the best therapeutic approach is still to determinate. The improvements in the modern surgical techniques have made feasible greater degrees of resection and have lead to longterm progression-free survival remaining surgery as the mainstay of treatment for low grade gliomas. A considerable proportion of pa...