Study of the Use of Permethrin 5% Cream in Galicia (Spain) between 2018 and 2021.

ABSTRACT: Drug utilization studies can provide direct insights into how a drug is used in real-world conditions and can give a rough estimate of the proportion of the study population treated with it. In the present work, we examined the consumption of permethrin 5% cream in the four provinces of Galicia (a Spanish autonomous community) and described the seasonal variability and the annual evolution of its consumption between 2018 and 2021. A descriptive, cross-sectional, and retrospective study of the consumption of this drug, expressed in defined daily dose per 1000 inhabitants per day (DID), was carried out. The results obtained revealed differences between the amounts consumed in the four Galician provinces (p < 0.001). No specific geographical pattern was observed; however, the results s

SUBMITTER: Vazquez-Prieto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10138315 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature