Managing Rational Use of Drugs in Bangladesh
Keywords:
National Drug Policy, The Directorate General of Drug Administration, Drug Control Ordinance, Essential Medicine, Standard Treatment Guidelines
Abstract
Despite substantial progress in drug manufacturing, irrational drug use, inappropriate prescribing, inadequate access to essential drugs are major problems affecting the total health care system badly of Bangladesh. Virtually, all the drugs are available without prescriptions and self-medications are highly common. Access to essential medicines is significantly less than that mentioned in the official documents. Price of essential medicines is not consistent and the drugs regulating authority does not have any control over pricing of drugs. In short, the economical development and educational flourishment doesn’t represent the health sector of Bangladesh.
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2. MI Khan, N Ara (2011); Promoting Rational Prescribing Among Medical Practitioners; Bangladesh Medical Journal; 10(2); 6-7
3. Ambwani S, Mathur AK (2006); Rational drug Use; Health Administrator; 19(1); 5-7
4. Richard Ofori-Asenso, Akosua Adom Agyeman (2016); Irrational Use of Medicines—A Summary of Key Concepts Pharmacy, Pharmacy (Basel); 4(4); 35
5. V.P. Chaturvedi, A.G. Mathur, A.C. Anand (2012); Rational drug use e as common as common sense?; Medical Journal Armed Forces India; 68(3); 206–208
Published
2018-11-01
How to Cite
[1]
Mohiuddin, A. 2018. Managing Rational Use of Drugs in Bangladesh. PharmaTutor. 6, 11 (Nov. 2018), 30-35. DOI:https://doi.org/10.29161/PT.v6.i11.2018.30.
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