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1/2026
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Efficacy of etofenamate gel used for knee pain in the opinions of patients and pharmacists delivering minor ailment services in community pharmacy

Kamil Żarłok
1
,
Urszula Religioni
2
,
Justyna Kaźmierczak
1
,
Aneta Krolak-Ulińska
3
,
Agnieszka Drab
4
,
Krystian Wdowiak
4
,
Katarzyna Plagens-Rotman
5
,
Zbigniew Doniec
6
,
Piotr Merks
7
,
Regis Vaillancourt
7

  1. The Polish Pharmacy Practice Research Network (PPPRN), Warsaw, Poland
  2. School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  3. Anestesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Wegrow Regional Hospital, Wegrow, Poland
  4. Department of Medical Informatics and Statistics with e-Health Laboratory, Medical, University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
  5. Center for Sexology and Pediatric, Adolescent Gynecology, Division of Gynecology, Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  6. Pneumonology Clinic, Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases in Rabka-Zdroj, Rabka-Zdroj, Poland
  7. Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2026; 28(1): 87–93
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2026.159156
Online publish date: 2026/03/30
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