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abstract prescribing behavior of physicians affected by many factors. the present study is aimed at discovering the simultaneous effects of the evaluated factors (including: price, promotion and demographic characteristics of physicians) and quantification of these effects. in order to estimate these effects, fluvoxamine (an antidepressant drug) was selected and the model was figured out by pan...

As part of an investigation into the recent epidemic of deaths from asthma in New Zealand, trends in the sales of drugs for asthma in New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom during 1975-81 were examined. Data on sales of drugs were obtained from an international pharmaceutical market research organisation. A striking increase in sales of sympathomimetic aerosols, steroid aerosols, and th...

An analysis of sales of psychotropic drugs in 1 year in Warangal district showed maximum sales of Fluoxetine. Total dopamine receptor antagonists sales, by the amount of money spent, were less than, that of Flutoxetine. Older antipsychotics and newer antidepressant and anxiolytics were accepted by the local profession.

Sir, Gada (1997) while reporting case of Rabbit Syndrome describes it as first in Indian literature. But to my knowledge at least two more cases have been reported earlier. Gangadhar et al. (1981) and I myself (Jain, 1993) have reported these cases in Journals none other then the official publications of I.P.S. itself. Gangadhar et al. (1981) reported this movement disorder in his patient while...

BACKGROUND Prescription drug sales may vary considerably across regions and over time. This study aimed to assess whether there is an association between mean drug sales and prevalence of excessive use in a range of psychotropic prescription drugs with an abuse potential, and if so, whether the variation in mean drug sales mostly reflects variation in the prevalence of excessive use or mostly r...

BACKGROUND This systematic literature review aimed to summarize evidence for the added value of drug sales data analysis for the surveillance of infectious diseases. METHODS A search for relevant publications was conducted in Pubmed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Library, African Index Medicus and Lilacs databases. Retrieved studies were evaluated in terms of objectives, diseases studied, data sou...

has presented an intriguing study of psychotropic drug sales in Warrangal during 1993-94; I wish to suggest that his findings and conclusion may need to be reconsidered from at least three viewpoints. First, higher utilization of a drug is a measure of its popularity. Dr. Sarma has commented upon the popularity of different drugs based upon their sales, with sale units expressed in kilogrammes ...

Introduction Drug sales data as an early indicator in syndromic surveillance has attracted particular interest in recent years (1, 2), however previous studies were mostly conducted in developed countries or areas. In China, many people (around 60%) choose self-medication as their first option when they encounter a health problem (3), and electronic sales information system is gradually used by...