Open AccessDrugs dispensed with and without a prescription from community pharmacies in a conurbation in Egypt
Author(s) -
H Benjamin,
Smith Fw,
MA Motawi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eastern mediterranean health journal/eastern mediterranean health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1687-1634
pISSN - 1020-3397
DOI - 10.26719/1996.2.3.506
Subject(s) - medical prescription , pharmacy , pharmacist , medicine , family medicine , conurbation , product (mathematics) , hospital pharmacy , business , medical emergency , pharmacology , geography , geometry , mathematics , archaeology
The pattern of drug supply from pharmacies, whether by prescription, recommendation from the pharmacist or a request for a particular product by the client, was assessed. The drugs dispensed from 25 pharmacies, each from a different area of Alexandria, were investigated. Two three-hour study visits were made to each pharmacy to collect data on all drugs dispensed. A total of 1174 products were supplied;28% on prescription and 72% over-the-counter sales [17% of the latter were recommendations from pharmacists]. The range of products supplied with and without a prescription were similar. The implications of these findings are discussed