Research on the Standardized Package of Metformin Tablets / 中国药房
China Pharmacy
;
(12): 3748-3750,3751, 2015.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-605357
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To explore the standardized package of Metformin tablets to meet clinical needs.METHODS:
Statis-tics was conducted for the utilization data of Metformin tablets in medical and health institutions from 6 cities of China;question-naires were designed to investigate and analyze the evaluation for the suitability of physicians,pharmacists and patients in the pre-scription,deployment and use links to Metformin tablets with different packaging loaded amount in Beijing and Haikou. RE-SULTSFor 0.5 g/tablet,the daily dose of 1.5 g accounted for the largest proportion (32.23%-69.91%) in 5 cities except for Chengdu. Totally 490 questionnaires about package suitability of Metformin tablets in outpatient department were sent out,includ-ing 478 valid questionnaires with effective rate of 97.5%. Results showed that packaging quantity with 4 weeks was considered as appropriate by physicians,pharmacists and patients in Beijing;however,packaging quantity with 1-2 week(s) was considered as appropriate by physicians,pharmacists and patients in Haikou;300-500 tablets of packaging quantity were preferred to be appropri-ate with the matching degree of automatic dispensing machines in both places.CONCLUSIONS:
Considering the results in 2 plac-es,for 0.5 g/tablet,2 weeks is appropriate for the packaging loaded amount in outpatient department,that is 0.5 g×45 tablets/box;and 300-500 tablets/box is appropriate for inpatient pharmacies.
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Language:
Chinese
Journal:
China Pharmacy
Year:
2015
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Article
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