ArticleSubstance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2018
A comparative analysis of pharmacists' perspectives on codeine use and misuse - a three country survey.
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- The misuse of codeine containing medicines: Perceptions and behaviours of qualified pharmacy professionals.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2024Article
- Community pharmacists' role towards preventing abuse or misuse and dependence of codeine-containing analgesic medications in Saudi Arabia: a multicenter cross-sectional study.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Sales of Over-the-Counter Products Containing Codeine in 31 Countries, 2013-2019: A Retrospective Observational Study.Drug safety · 2022Observational
- The impact of guidance on the supply of codeine-containing products on their use in intentional drug overdose.European journal of public health · 2021Article
- Beyond the 'purple drank': Study of promethazine abuse according to the European Medicines Agency adverse drug reaction reports.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2021Article
- Alterations in the biochemical indices in Wistar rats exposed to an overdose of codeine and dextromethorphan.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2021Article
- Over-The-Counter Codeine: Can Community Pharmacy Staff Nudge Customers into Its Safe and Appropriate Use?Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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- Point-of-care diagnostics: needs of African health care workers and their role combating global antimicrobial resistance.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2019Article
- Utilization of over-the-counter analgesics in two private medical insurance schemes in South Africa.Drug, healthcare and patient safety · 2019Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe misuse of codeine is of increasing concern in a number of countries, particularly as this relates to over -the-counter pain and cough relief medication, and is also supplied as a prescription medicine. The study aimed to obtain and analyse the opinions and experience of pharmacy staff with regard to codeine misuse.
methodsA cross-sectional web-based survey of pharmacy staff's perspectives on this issue was administered through professional or regulatory bodies and completed by samples drawn in South Africa (n = 124), Ireland (n = 464) and the United Kingdom (n = 129).
resultsThe majority of participants reported combination codeine-containing products as most popular, but significantly more pharmacy staff in South Africa reported codeine-containing cough syrups as most commonly popular (X
conclusionIn conclusion, there were some inter-country differences, but overall the findings seem to suggest that pharmacists across all three countries view codeine misuse as a problem among their customers. Recommendations centre on risk management, surveillance and staff training.
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