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Good Prescribing Interventions, made an Impact in Reduced Coartem Usage – a Retrospective Study at the Copperbelt University Health Facility

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  • Kaselekela Ponshano

    (Copperbelt University, Zambia)

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In Zambia, the first line drug in the treatment of confirmed positive cases of Malaria is Artemether plus lumefantrine (Coartem). The retail cost of these drug per course ranges from $3.50 to $4.50 in Zambia which is very expensive to the organisation as well as to a common man. However, irrational prescribing of coartem was identified as the major problem at the Copperbelt University health facility. A study to establish the usage of coartem was conducted for a period of six months from July to December, 2017. The first and the last three months was to establish how this valuable drug was being prescribed before and after the prescribing interventions were introduced respectively. A total of 1,143 courses of coartem were prescribed during the study period. Initially 552,168 and 264 courses of coartem were used in the first three months of the study respectively. After the prescribing interventions were implemented, 54, 50 and 55 courses of coartem were used in the last three months.

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  • Kaselekela Ponshano, 2018. "Good Prescribing Interventions, made an Impact in Reduced Coartem Usage – a Retrospective Study at the Copperbelt University Health Facility," Global Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 5(5), pages 114-120, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jgjpps:v:5:y:2018:i:5:p:114-120
    DOI: 10.19080/GJPPS.2018.05.555672
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