In the autumn of 1997, all 56 030 living participants obtained a new questionnaire that was expanded to include about 350 items concerning diet and other lifestyle factors, medication use (including aspirin), medical history, etc; 39 227 women completed this questionnaire.
All patients received in-depth instruction on the use of their personalized medical treatment plan, as well as instructions for medication use, including use of spacer devices with metered-dose inhalers.
The NHANES III collected information on body measurements (including height and weight), medication use (including diuretics, anti-hypertensives, allopurinol and uricosuric agents), medical conditions (including self-reported physician-diagnosed diabetes, hypertension and gout) and serum creatinine levels.
Relevant sections for the current analysis included demographics, medication use including oral contraceptive (OC) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT), medical history, and reproductive history.
The aim of the study is to elucidate the use of herbal medicines in pregnant women and to explore patterns of herbal medication use including dietary supplements in pregnant women in Alexandria, Egypt.
See also First Life Research, which mines patient-generated content about drugs, and uses it to provide insight into medication use, including why patients switch drugs, and their concerns regarding use and costs.
Patients were questioned concerning the history of the present illness, compromised immune status, medication use including immunosuppressive drug and topical or systemic antiviral therapy at presentation, renal failure, moderate or severe hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and previous relevant eye diseases such as chronic uveitis, keratitis, cataract, and glaucoma.
Medication use included polypharmacy (≥3 medications) and number of all medications used in case of polypharmacy.
Moreover, medication use including changes in medication will be monitored at 3 month interval.
At each clinic visit, subjects enumerated their medication use, including prescription, OTC medications, and supplements/ vitamins.
