Status Quo of Expired Drugs in Citizen Family of Nanning City / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To explore the resource and solution of the expired drugs in citizen family through investigating its constituents and expired time.METHODS: By a random sampling,the records of the reclaimed drugs of a total of 1 000 cases collected from 6 drugstores were analyzed statistically.RESULTS: The main expired drugs reclaimed from citizen family were cardiovascular and cerebral vessels drugs,drugs for respiratory disease,and reinforcing and regulating drugs,and most of which were overdue 50 months ago.CONCLUSIONS: The situation of expired drugs in citizen family is serious,thus measures such as reclaiming expired drugs and popularizing knowledge about taking drugs should be taken to tackle the problem of expired drugs.