Substandard and falsified medical products are a global public health threat. A pilot survey of awareness among physicians in Sweden

Funestrand, Henrik (author): Lund University,Lunds universitet,Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Family Medicine and Community Medicine,Lund University Research Groups

Liu, Rui (author): Lund University,Lunds universitet,Avdelningen för etnologi,Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper,Institutioner,Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna,Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap,Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar,Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten,Division of Ethnology,Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences,Departments,Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology,Department of Service Studies,Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences,Faculty of Social Sciences

Lundin, Susanne (author): Lund University,Lunds universitet,Avdelningen för etnologi,Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper,Institutioner,Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna,Division of Ethnology,Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences,Departments,Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology

Troein, Margareta (author): Lund University,Lunds universitet,Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Family Medicine and Community Medicine,Lund University Research Groups

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2019-04-11
2019
English 8 s.
In: Journal of Public Health. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1741-3850 .- 1741-3842. ; 41:1, s. 95-102

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Abstract Subject headings

BackgroundSubstandard and falsified medical products are a public health threat, primarily associated with low- and middle-income countries. Today, the phenomenon also exists in high-income countries. Increased Internet access has opened a global market. Self-diagnosis and self-prescription have boosted the market for unregulated websites with access to falsified medicines.AimTo describe the state of knowledge and experience on SF medical products among emergency physicians (EPs) and general practitioners (GPs) in Sweden.MethodsAn online survey with anonymous answers from 100 EPs and 100 GPs. Physicians were recruited from TNS SIFO’s medical database. The term in the survey was ‘illegal and falsified medicines’ which was common in Sweden at that time. It corresponds well with the term ‘substandard and falsified medical products’ that the WHO launched shortly after our data collection. We report our results with this term.ResultsIn Sweden, 78.5% of the physicians had heard the term ‘illegal and falsified medicines’ and 36.5% had met patients they suspected had taken it. Physicians lacked awareness of the use of the reporting system and wanted more knowledge about how to deal with patients who have possibly used falsified medicines.ConclusionsTo meet the public health threat of SF medical products, physicians need more knowledge.

By the author/editor: Funestrand, Henr ...; Liu, Rui; Lundin, Susanne; Troein, Margaret ...

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MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Basic Medicine; and Pharmaceutical S ...

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