ArticleSaudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society2015
Factors influencing community pharmacist decision to dispense generic or branded medicines; Eastern Province, Alahsa, Saudi Arabia.
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- Facilitators and barriers to generic and biosimilar medications in the Middle East and North Africa: insights from physicians and pharmacists-a systematic review.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Multi-stakeholder perspective on community pharmacy services in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review and meta-analyses for 2010-2020.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2025Review
- Generic Substitutions and Therapeutic Interchanges in Hospital Pharmacies: A Qualitative Study from Western Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Public knowledge, perception, and experience with generic medications in Saudi Arabia.Saudi medical journal · 2020Article
- Sub-Standard Pharmaceutical Services in Private Healthcare Facilities Serving Low-Income Settlements in Nairobi County, Kenya.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundRising costs of medicines have increased the interest of policy makers in generic medicines. However, consumers' and health care providers' perception and attitude towards generic medicine act as a main barrier to the promotion of generic medicines.
objectiveTo explore the factors community pharmacists consider while dispensing branded or generic medicines to consumers.
methodA qualitative study was planned; twenty community pharmacists (ten hospital affiliated pharmacies and ten non-hospital affiliated pharmacies) were approached using a convenient sampling method. Interviews were recorded and later were coded into themes.
resultOverall, it is seen that generic medicine stock was available for antibiotics, pain killers, cough syrups, antihistaminics and antacids. Pharmacists working in hospital affiliated pharmacies were more concerned about the quality of drug before dispensing it to the consumer and they believe that what is prescribed is best for them and substitution or switching is unnecessary while for pharmacists in the non-hospital affiliated pharmacies, appearance of the client was found to be the main factor influencing them to dispense generic (low cost) or branded (expensive) medicines.
conclusionPhysical appearance of the consumer is revealed to be one of the main factors affecting the pharmacist decision to dispense generic or branded medicine. Pharmacists practising in hospital affiliated pharmacies were found to be influenced by physicians' recommendation, and prefer to dispense good quality medicines.
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