Unlicensed and off label drug use by children in the community: cross sectional study

We selected all prescriptions for children aged 0- 16 years in 2000. Dutch pharmacies are allowed to prepare their own formulations and to modify commercial preparations. These pharmacy based preparations are exempt from licensing, and we classified them as unlicensed. For each prescription of a lic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 2002-06, Vol.324 (7349), p.1312-1313
Hauptverfasser:	Schirm, Eric, Tobi, Hilde, de Jong-van den Berg, Lolkje T W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Cardiovascular agents Child Child, Preschool Children Children & youth Community based instruction Cross-Sectional Studies Drug and Narcotic Control Drug Labeling Drug prescriptions Drug Therapy - standards Drugs General aspects Humans Infant Licensing Medical sciences Netherlands Nonprescription drugs Off label Off label use Pediatrics Pharmacies Planification. Prevention (methods). Intervention. Evaluation Practice Patterns, Physicians Prescribing Prescription drugs Prescriptions Primary Care Primary Health Care Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Treatment
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Zusammenfassung:	We selected all prescriptions for children aged 0- 16 years in 2000. Dutch pharmacies are allowed to prepare their own formulations and to modify commercial preparations. These pharmacy based preparations are exempt from licensing, and we classified them as unlicensed. For each prescription of a licensed drug (all remaining prescriptions) we examined the official licence information-the summary of product characteristics-in detail.
ISSN:	0959-8138 0959-8146 0959-535X 1468-5833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1312