Dispensing practices for psychotropic medications amongst pharmacists in Karachi, Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background & objective

Uninformed use of medications can be dangerous especially those medications that require some level of monitoring to ensure safety and tolerability and prevent misuse, such as benzodiazepines and other psychotropic medications. In most developed countries, medications (except over-the-counter medications) are not dispensed without a physician's script. This may not be true for developing countries, like Pakistan, where nearly all medications are dispensed without a script. However, the extent and nature of script-less dispensing has never been studied. This study was designed to investigate the extent and prevalence of dispensing psychotropic medications without physicians' prescriptions, and the pharmacy practices, including the staff qualifications, to not

SUBMITTER: Hasan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9636556 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature