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Unlicensed and off-label drug use in paediatric wards | ||
| Iraqi Journal of Pharmacy | ||
| Article 1, Volume 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-57 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/iphr.2010.50063 | ||
| Author | ||
| Suhair Moayid Rasheed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objective: To determine the proportion of unlicensed &/or off-label prescriptions in paediatric patients. Patients & Methods; This prospective study of drugs administered to children in two paediatric hospital (ib-A!theer, A!-Kanasaa hospital for pediatrics in mosul city, over 6 months from 1st Nov. 2007 to 1st May 2008. One hundred-forty children were included in this study aged from at birth to 6 years admitted to paediatric medical wards. Drug-licensing status of all prescriptions given to these patients was determined. Results: Of the 1208 prescription given to these children, more than half of all prescriptions 626 (51 ,8%) were unlicensed or off-label. Where as 582 (48.2%) licensed. The most common category of off-label use 365 (30.2%) was related to age 217 (17.9%), the other off-label uses were related to dose and frequency of administration 77 (6.4%), indication 55 (4.6%) and route of administration 16 (1.3%) and the most common reason of unlicensed preparation was the administration of preparation not licensed for use at all. Conclusion: The use of unlicensed or off- label medicines to treat children was found to be common in paediatric patients, this problem is Widespread in peadiatric wards &the clinical | ||
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