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| Nappo,Solange Aparecida; Carlini,Elisaldo Araújo; Araújo,Maria Dalva; Moreira,Lúcio Flávio Sousa. |
| A study was conducted on 22,158 special B prescriptions (notificações B) containing amphetamine-type anorectic drugs or benzodiazepines, obtained from compounding pharmacies or drugstores located in the city of Natal, RN, Brazil. The data obtained were compared with those from other Brazilian cities. Results showed that compounding pharmacies dispensed 85.4% of the prescriptions, indicating that these pharmacies filled out nearly 10 times more of these prescriptions than did the drugstores. The majority (83.5%) of B prescriptions issued for the compounding pharmacies were for women, where the female/male patient ratio ranged from 7.1/1.0 for mazindol to 10.3/1.0 for amfepramone. Similar results were obtained for the benzodiazepines with ratios of 1.9/1.0... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Anorectic/prescription; Benzodiazepine/prescription; Obesity/treatment; Medicines/rational use; Compounded medicine; Compounding pharmacy. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502010000200017 |
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| Navarini,Marcieli Maria; Deuschle,Viviane Cecilia Kessler Nunes; Deuschle,Regis Augusto Norbert. |
| Obesity is defined as the excess adipose tissue in the body. Drugs responsible for inhibiting the appetite are called anorectics or appetite suppressants. Sibutramine, fenproporex and amfepramone belongs to this class, and are capable of causing physical or psychological dependence. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of prescriptions for appetite suppressants in community pharmacies at Cruz Alta, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The sales of fenproporex, amfepramone and sibutramine in the months of September, October and November 2010 and April, May and June 2011 were compared. It was observed that the most commonly dispensed anorectic in the three community pharmacies analyzed was sibutramine. In the months of September, October and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Drugs/prescriptions; Drugs/marketing control; Obesity/treatment; Anorectics; Amphetamine. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502014000400737 |
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