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Stress the importance of adherence with the prescribed regimen, including lifestyle modifications. Recommend the most "patient-friendly" treatment regimen possible. 

Beyond these, MEDLINEplus contains a very patient-friendly encyclopedia covering every aspect of medicine (licensed from A.D.A.M., Inc.). The ADAM Medical Encyclopedia can be accessed at http //www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html. ADAM is also available on commerdal Web sites such as drkoop.com (httpv/www.drkoop.conV) and Web MD (http my.webmd.com/adam/asset/adam disease articles/a to z/a). 

Helidac therapy combines bismuth subsalicylate, metronidazole, and tetracycline in a consumer-tested, patient-friendly kit. 

Given the abundance of water-insoluble or poorly water-soluble drugs as well as drugs exhibiting other development challenges such as metabolic and enzymatic instability, the pharmaceutical industry continues to seek solutions to overcome these limitations to develop innovative, clinically safe, and patient-friendly products. As said earlier, MR delivery products offer tremendous advantages with respect to therapeutic indices, pharmacoeconomics, and patient compliance. In addition,... 

The nasal route is generating increasing interest as a route for the administration of local treatments and a cost-effective and patient-friendly alternative to injection for systemic delivery [49]. The special advantages of nasal delivery make it attractive for (i) crisis treatment where rapid onset of action is desirable (e.g., pain, migraine, panic attacks), (ii) systemic delivery of compounds that at present can only be delivered by injection (peptides/pro-proteins/vaccination), and (iii) direct targeting of the CNS (polar drugs for the treatment of CNS disorders). 

Many devices available in patient-friendly designs... 

Use patient-friendly packaging, e.g. calendar packs, where appropriate or monitored-dose systems, e.g. boxes compartmented and labelled... 

In addition, overcoming many of the major development challenges associated with simple, robust, patient-friendly technology, particularly those related to prefilled, disposable devices, took longer than most industry experts hoped or predicted. 

Hanawa T, Masuda N, Mohri K, et al. Development of patient-friendly preparations preparation of a new allopurinol mouthwash containing polyethylene(oxide) and carrageenan. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 2004 30(2) 151-161. 

In European directive (92/27/EEC) the requirements for PILs are set. Regulatory authorities have the obligation to check if the PIL fulfills the requirements stated in this directive. The order of several paragraphs has been determined on a European level and the text has to be legible and in patient-friendly sentences. Of course the text must be in accordance with the SPC, but may contain more information (e.g., on the clinical picture, as long as this information is not contradictory to the SPC and does not contain additional claims). The only function of the PIL is to inform the patient. 

Patients should be shown a series of photographs showing what the face looks like day by day during the first week after a peel. Ideally, the patient s immediate family should also see these photographs. Without this precaution, paranoid patients, friends and family may not believe it when the doctor tells them that everything is proceeding as normal. 

Improvements in technology, as well as the growth and sophistication of our health care delivery systems over the past several years, have made dialysis treatment much more patient friendly. Dialysis centers, specializing in the treatment of kidney patients, are now found in most major population centers. Smaller, more automated dialysis units are available for home use, under the supervision of a nursing practitioner. With the remarkable progress in kidney transplant success, dialysis is becoming, more and more, a temporary solution, sustaining life until a suitable kidney donor match can be found. 

A patient s performance should be established using the best available evidence. Asking the patient, friends/relatives, and nurses are the usual sources, but direct observation and common sense are also important. However, direct testing is not needed. 

In order to solve these problems and realize a patient-friendly chemotherapy, researchers have developed many intelligent carriers using pol3nneric micelles (13,14). When... 

For ophthalmic applications, properly formulated drug-loaded nanoparticles (DNPs) are reported to provide ease of application just like eye drop solutions, with the added advantage of being patient friendly, due to less frequent application and extended duration of retention in the extraocular portion. The drug may be attached to a nanoparticle matrix, or dissolved, encapsulated, and entrapped, giving rise to different terminologies as nanoparticles, nanospheres, or nanocapsules. " ... 

The oral mucosal route, although conventionally explored for small molecule delivery, has its greatest potential in the delivery of macromolecules. By avoiding the degradation concerns raised by oral delivery, and by eliminating the need of needles associated with injections, the oral trans-mucosal delivery presents as a patient friendly and effective route of administration. It is maybe not far-fetched to say that the smart use of conventional and the development of (he new-generation mucoadhesive polymers will in the future drive the development of dosage forms for oral transmu-cosal delivery. 

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