Aim: to quantifir the extent of counterfeit sildenafil in Indonesia. Methods: the study was conducted in 4 big areas: Jakarta, Bandung, East Java (Surabaya and Malang), and Medan. Sildenafil 100 mg tablets were purchased from pharmacies, drugstores, street peddlers, and 3 Indonesian websites. The outlets were chosen by random sampling in each stratum (type of outlet). Sildenafil tablets pur…
Background: Asthma is a chronic airway disease that causes difficulty in breathing in which bronchospasm is a hallmark in acute exacerbation. In management of asthma attack, agonist β2 is the best option as treatment for mild, moderate and severe asthma. Agonist β2 nebulization as bronchodilator has been used wide/y nowadays. Lack of clinical study have been done to compare the pharmacologica…
Background: Vaginal candidiasis (VC) is one of the most common fungal diseases. Candida albicans is the most common causative fungus and has been isolated from more than 80% of specimens obtained from women with VC. Ketoconazole is the first orally active antifungal, the dosage for VC is 200 mg twice daily for 5 days. Fluconazole is the newer oral antifungal, its dosage for VC is a single oral …
Background: Vaginal candidiasis (VC) is one of the most common fungal diseases. Candida albicans is the most common causative fungus and has been isolated from more than 80% of specimens obtained from women with VC. Ketoconazole is the first orally active antifungal, the dosage for VC is 200 mg twice daily for 5 days. Fluconazole is the newer oral antifungal, its dosage for VC is a single oral …
Fluvastatin XL 80 mg tablet has been marketed in Indonesia since Desember 2002. This post-marketing surveillance (PMS) was conducted between May 2004 and April 2005 involving 98 general physicians to observe the sofety and tolerability of fluvastatin XL 80 mg once daily at bedtime for 8 weeks in the treatment of outpatiens with hypercholesterolemia. The afficacy of the drug inlowering LDL chole…