[Control of medical practitioners' prescription of flunitrazepam preparations in the County of Copenhagen and municipality of Frederiksberg]. / Tilsyn med laegers ordination af flunitrazepampraeparater i Københavns Amt og Frederiksberg Kommune.

Aiming to limit the misuse of Flunitrazepam medicaments, these were made subject to registered prescription from 11.3.1996. At the same time, The National Board of Health informed every medical practitioner of the recommended daily dose and duration of treatment. A systematic superintendence was established in the region. Medical practitioners prescribing more than four times the recommended dose were identified and applied to one respectively two years after implementation of the prescription registration. In most regions of Denmark the superintendence of the Medical Officers has been occasional. Consumption development was surveyed in the period of 1.1.1996-30.6.1998. At the end of the period the consumption was reduced with 90% in the region and with 85% in the rest of Denmark. The consumption level was at the end of the period significantly lower in this region compared to the rest of Denmark.