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Title
An Assessment of the Extent of Use of Off-License and Unlicensed Drugs on Children at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe |
Full text
http://www.ajol.info/viewarticle.php?id=30706 |
Date
2007 |
Author(s)
Kaisi, T; Drug and Toxicology Information Service (DATIS), Department of Pharmacy, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, P. O. Box A178, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe.; Maponga, C C; Gavaza, P; Pazvakavambwa, I E |
Abstract
This study was undertaken to assess the extent of use of unlicensed and off-license drugs on children at Parirenyatwa Teaching Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe. The study was conducted in the two pediatric wards at the hospital. Data on three hundred patients aged 5 years and below was collected prospectively. Ten percent of the pediatric patients at Parirenyatwa Hospital aged five years and below received at least one drug in an off-license way while 31 % received at least one drug in an unlicensed way. Fifty nine percent of the patients received licensed drugs in a licensed way. There is a significant amount of unlicensed and off-license use of drugs at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe. Regulatory authorities and the pharmaceutical industry should re-double their efforts in order to ensure that children receive only well-tolerated and effective medicines. Keywords: Children, off-label medicines, unlicensed drugs, licensing. The East and Central African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Vol. 8 (3) 2005: pp 3-7 |
Subject(s)
Children, off-label medicines, unlicensed drugs, licensing. |
Language
en |
Publisher
The East and Central African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Association of Crop Science, Uganda |
Type of publication
Peer-Reviewed Article |
Source
The East and Central African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - The East and Central African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Vol. 9, No. 1 (2006) |
Rights
Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the journal. |
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