Situations on Look-alike, Sound-alike, Look Twins Sound Twins Drugs in Communities: Case Study in One Sub-district in Northeastern Region
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Objective: To study situations on look-alike sound-alike (LASA), look-twin sound-twins (LTST) drugs distributed in community in terms of the appearance, number of drugs found, groups, type of drugs according to the law and potential risks. Methods: The study was survey research in the sample of 330 households selected according to the proportion of the population in each village in the district. The study also collected data from three type 1 drug stores, one type 2 drug stores, and 28 retail stores with drug distribution. Data collection was conducted during November 2017-February 2019. Results: The study found 180 LASA-LTST drugs in the community, including 223 pairs of drugs. There were 118 pairs of LASA-LTST drugs with potential risks due to their appearance, accounting for 52.91 percent of the total pairs of identified LASA-LTST drugs. The most common characteristic was the drugs of the same companies with similar or identical packaging and names and same active ingredients, but having many strengths and dosage forms (28 pairs of drugs, accounted for 23.73%). This survey also identified one health product looking alike one drug (one pairs). Conclusion: LASA-LTST drugs in community was the problems similar to that in the hospital. Drug pairs with potential risk arising from their appearance were often due to the design of drug names, labels and packaging including characteristics that were identical or similar to other drugs either intentional or unintentional by drug companies.
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ผลการวิจัยและความคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในบทความถือเป็นความคิดเห็นและอยู่ในความรับผิดชอบของผู้นิพนธ์ มิใช่ความเห็นหรือความรับผิดชอบของกองบรรณาธิการ หรือคณะเภสัชศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์ ทั้งนี้ไม่รวมความผิดพลาดอันเกิดจากการพิมพ์ บทความที่ได้รับการเผยแพร่โดยวารสารเภสัชกรรมไทยถือเป็นสิทธิ์ของวารสารฯ
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