Identification of Steroid in Ya-chud and Herbal Medicines in Bansok Subdistrict, Lomsak District, Phetchabun Province
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Objective: To determine the adulterant of steroids in Ya-chud and herbal medicines in Bansok subdistrict, Lomsak district, Phetchabun province and to study demographics of the users of such products. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional descriptive study in 286 households. The study was able to collect 105 drug samples from 85 households. The samples consisted of 41 unique products. One sample of duplicated drugs with same indications and appearance was randomly selected for further analysis. There were 41 unique products with 20 samples of Ya-chud and 21 samples of herbal medicines. The test kit with immunochromatography of the Department of Medical Sciences was used to identify the adulteration of steroid. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to determine the types of steroids. The study employed questionnaires for collecting the data from 100 users of products in the study on demographics and dangers of drugs with steroids adulteration. Results: Five samples of Ya-chud (12.20 % of 41 samples of Ya-chud and herbal medicines or 25% of tested Ya-chud) were adulterated by steroid. The indication of all adulterated samples were for muscle aches. No steroids were identified in the samples of herbal medicines. One hundred users of 105 samples of Ya-chud and herbal medicines were 30-59 years old (61.00%), being a farmer (55.00%) with annual income between 50,000 to 150,000 baht (41.00%), not knowledgeable on the dangers of drug with steroids (96%) and obtaining the products from groceries (60.00%). Conclusion: Steroids adulteration in Ya-chud being used by consumers was still the problems in study area. Protective and control measures are still necessary for dealing with the problems.
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ผลการวิจัยและความคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในบทความถือเป็นความคิดเห็นและอยู่ในความรับผิดชอบของผู้นิพนธ์ มิใช่ความเห็นหรือความรับผิดชอบของกองบรรณาธิการ หรือคณะเภสัชศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์ ทั้งนี้ไม่รวมความผิดพลาดอันเกิดจากการพิมพ์ บทความที่ได้รับการเผยแพร่โดยวารสารเภสัชกรรมไทยถือเป็นสิทธิ์ของวารสารฯ
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