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Traditional herbal remedies for managing COVID-19 major symptoms: A case study of Kole district, Northern Uganda
(TMR Pharmacology Research, 2021)
Background: Today, the world is battling COVID-19 which has claimed millions of lives within a short period. As biotechnological research is in progress, it’s expedient to explore alternative sources of medication. Exploring ...
Off-label antibiotic use among paediatric in-patients: a mixed-method prospective study at a tertiary hospital in southwestern Uganda
(International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 2020)
Background The off-label use of drugs to treat children is a global practice attributed to the traditional exclusion of children from clinical trials mainly due to practical and ethical reasons. Off-label drug use carries ...
Medical Foods and Infant Formulas
(Springer, 2020)
Medical foods are foods that are formulated specifically to help in the management of diseases with particular dietary needs hardly met singly by normal diet. They are taken under medical prescription or supervision. On ...
Review of the Biological and Health Effects of Aflatoxins on Body Organs and Body Systems
(InTech, 2013)
Aflatoxins are a group of naturally occurring carcinogens that are known to contaminate different
human and animal food stuffs. Aflatoxins are poisonous by-products from soil-borne
fungus Aspergillus, which is responsible ...
Traditional Medicinal Vegetables in Northern Uganda: An Ethnobotanical Survey
(International Journal of Food Science, 2021)
Background. A wide range of indigenous vegetables grow in Uganda especially during rainy seasons but scarcely during droughts,
except those that are commercially grown. Although a number of these vegetables have medicinal ...
Household antimicrobial self-medication: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the burden, risk factors and outcomes in developing countries
(BMC Public Health, 2015)
Background: Antimicrobial self-medication is common in most low and middle income countries (LMICs). However
there has been no systematic review on non-prescription antimicrobial use in these settings. This review thus ...
Does chronic alcohol use by HIV-infected patients on d4T/3TC/NVP drug regimen effect the HIV viral load and what is the therapeutic window of the drugs, CD4+ count and WBC count in patients with high viral load during the 9 months period of follow up?
(International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 2013)
The study investigated the effects of chronic alcohol use on HIV viral load in HIV-infected patients on d4T/3TC/NVP drug regimen during 9 months follow up period. It also determined plasma drug concentrations of d4T, 3TC ...
Chronic alcohol use reduces CD4+counts in HIV/AIDS patients on d4T/3TC/NVP treatment regimen using WHO AUDIT tool and alcohol-use biomarkers
(Research & Reviews in BioSciences, 2014)
Alcohol is one of the most abused drugs worldwide by people of different
socio-economic status, age groups and including the HIV/AIDS patient
on treatment. It is reward drug and a CNS depressant especially at high
doses. ...
Factors predicting home storage of medicines in Northern Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2014)
Background: Medicines are kept in households Worldwide for first aid, treatment of chronic or acute disease
conditions. This promotes inappropriate use of medicines and hence the associated risks. The study explored ...
Antiplasmodial activity of extracts of selected medicinal plants used by local communities in western Uganda for treatment of malaria
(African Journal of Ecology, 2007)
This study investigated the antiplasmodial activity of ten
medicinal plants used to treat malaria in Southwestern
Uganda. The study plants were Bothlioclines longpipes (Olive
and Hiern), N.E.Br., Toddalia asiatica (L.) ...