
Rashida muhammad UmarIstanbul Medipol University · pharmacy
Rashida muhammad Umar
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction: The complexity of treatment and extended therapy duration associated with bone marrow transplant- ation directly affect the psychological well-being of the patients, create anxiety, and reduce their quality of life. The aim of our study was to evaluate the quality of life of patients admitted to the bone marrow transplantatio...
Objective: The use of multiple medications in cancer patients is unavoidable; thus, adverse drug-drug interactions are frequent. This study aims to assess the prevalence of potential drug interactions in oncology patients visiting the outpatient chemotherapy unit. Method: Demographic and health-related information of patients visiting an outpatient...
Objective: Our study aimed to assess the role of pre-graduate pharmacy students’ participation in a diabetic education program on improving diabetic self-care.
Material and Method: This study included both a cross-sectional and a longitudinal follow-up. Altinbas University fifth-year pharmacy students gathered relevant information from diabetic pat...
Background: Drug-drug interactions can often lead to preventable adverse drug events and hospitalization. However, the clinical outcome of a potential drug-drug interaction that may range from minor alterations to major toxicity or loss of effect is often unknown. Drugs with narrow therapeutic index are more susceptible to the outcomes of interacti...
Background: Drug-drug interactions can often lead to preventable adverse drug events and hospitalization. However, the clinical outcome of a potential drug-drug interaction that may range from minor alterations to major toxicity or loss of effect is often unknown. Drugs with narrow therapeutic index are more susceptible to the outcomes of interacti...
The use of medications and herbal products among women increases after preg- nancy. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the frequency of medication used and analyzed them based on the FDA pregnancy risk categories. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 300 adult volunteers attending antenatal care in a univer- sity-affiliated hospital. Me...
Rational drug use can be defined as the most appropriate use of drugs for particular clinical needs, in doses necessary for an individual patient, for an adequate duration, and at the possible lowest cost. Cancer patients undergo series of complex treatment regimens to treat and manage the disease, and encounter treatment-related complications as w...
Palliative care is an interdisciplinary medical specialty that focuses on prevention and relief of suffering, and supporting the patients with serious and/or life-threatening illnesses and their families for provision of the best possible quality of life. The World Health Organization identifies palliative care as a crucial part of integrated, peop...
Depression is one of the most common mental health illnesses that can get worse without proper medical interventions. Estimates of the depression prevalence among university students occupy a fair portion of the general depressed populations. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of depression among university students and identifying their cha...
Background The use of highly toxic drugs in cancer treatment and supportive care medications exposes patients to an increased number of drug-related problems (DRPs). Clinical pharmacists contribute to the optimal use of medications by intervening in identified drug-related problems. Objective To evaluate the relevance of a comprehensive medication...
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Drug Discovery is an eBook series devoted to publishing the latest advances in cardiovascular drug design and discovery. Each volume brings reviews on the biochemistry, in-silico drug design, combinatorial chemistry, high-throughput screening, drug targets, recent important patents, and structure-activity relationships o...
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally with increasing prevalence. Treatment in cancer patients is complicated as it obliges the use of drugs with narrow therapeutic window and high toxicity to treat the cancer, in addition to supportive care medications to treat disease-related and therapy complications and also comorbidities. As su...
Drug interactions are common in cancer patients as they use many drugs concurrently. Most drug interactions have been reported to be among supportive care medications. Antiemetics are one of the commonly used drugs in these patients for the management of disease and therapy related nausea and vomiting and they are sometimes used in combinations. Th...