Identification of the Types and Effects of Pre-Packaged Pain Relief Medications (“ogwu oseso”) among the Ukwuani and Urhobo People of Delta State Nigeria.

eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal 0974-6242 2015-01-22 1 2 275 280 416 article Identification of the Types and Effects of Pre-Packaged Pain Relief Medications (“ogwu oseso”) among the Ukwuani and Urhobo People of Delta State Nigeria. I. Onyesom 1 A. C. Okolo 2 T. O. Mabiaku 3 E. B. Anyanwu 3 V. O. Awusi 3 D. O. Umukoro 3 Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences. Delta State University Abraka (Nigeria). Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Sciences. Delta State University Abraka (Nigeria). Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Delta State University Abraka (Nigeria). Majority of the Ukwuani’s and Urhobos are peasant farmers involved in daily manual labour. This result in muscular and skeletal aches and pains at the end of such labour. To achieve relief, the patent chemist shop owners sell pre-packaged analgesics combinations popularly known as "Ogwu Oseso" which means "body pain medicine" to these aching people. The types and effects of these "Ogwu Oseso" are yet to be documented. The study involved the administration of self-administered questionnaires to twenty-fo https://biomedpharmajournal.org/vol1no2/identification-of-the-types-and-effects-of-pre-packaged-pain-relief-medications-ogwu-oseso-among-the-ukwuani-and-urhobo-people-of-delta-state-nigeria/ Oguwu-Oseso" analgesics brufen novalgin drugs