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The vast majority of Hungarian patients have self-diagnosed and treated themselves with over the counter medications (OTC) without any medical supervision. Patients typically consider these medications safe and easily accessible without any major potential of adverse reactions. Although, pharmaceuticals must fulfil strict criteria to gain OTC status, they still carry potential risks and safety concerns, such as misuse, abuse or interaction with other drugs or food. In the course of proper handling of these safety concerns, the role of the pharmacist, and the establishment of an adequate informing and monitoring system must be emphasized. The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview about the safety concerns related to OTC medicines, with regard to their management possibilities.

The nano- and micro fibrous systems in the textile- and plastics industry have already been used, although the opportunity for using them as medical devices has only come in recent years into view. Since then in medical sciences they have shown promise in different therapeutic purposes. The manuscript summarizes the opportunities for medical use of the nano- and micro fibrous systems.

The place of orthorexia nervosa (ON)--described by Bratman in 1997--is not clearly defined in the diagnostic systems. However, the increasing number of clinical experiences and research data gives us more and more information about the epidemiology, and the social and individual characteristics of ON. The general population shows a 6.9% prevalence of ON; healthcare professionals are at high risk of ON with the prevalence rate of 35-57.6%. Education, the choice of profession, socioeconomic status and the internalization of the ideals of society are significant factors in the development of ON, while sex, age and body mass index do not seem to be determining variables in this respect. The lack of common criteria and proper research results on ON makes it impossible to generalize data on the general population. Further studies with larger representative samples and assessment instruments with good psychometric properties are necessary to make research data on ON comparable.