Open Access<p>Community Pharmacists’ Views of the Enforced Antibiotics Dispensing Law and Its Impact on Oral Antibiotics Sales in Saudi Arabia</p>
Author(s) -
Mohammed Othman Al-Rukban,
Yazed AlRuthia,
Majed Ali Almasaoud,
Mohammad Al-Owairdhi,
Anwar Abdulrazzag Alsouan,
Abdullah Alrabiah,
Abdulrahman Hassan Al-Shaikh,
Adel H. Alsuhaibani,
Alan Aleidan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s278404
Subject(s) - antibiotics , medicine , pharmacy , medical prescription , enforcement , community pharmacy , family medicine , pharmacist , law enforcement , self medication , law , nursing , political science , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The aim of this study was to explore community pharmacists' views toward the antibiotics dispensing law that was enforced in May 2018 and bans the sale of antibiotics without a prescription in community pharmacy settings in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, the potential impact of the law enforcement on the sales of oral antibiotics in Saudi Arabia was also explored.