Essential drugs

The Use of Essential Drugs, 6th List, Technical Report Series No. 296, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1990. [Pg.160]

The Use of Essential Drugs (Tenth Model List of Essential Drugs), WHO Technical reports Series No. 882, Eighth Report of the WHO Expert Committee, WHO, Geneva, 1998. [Pg.824]

Several empirical studies attempt to estimate elasticities, differentiating between drugs on the basis of their effectiveness, or dividing them into essential and non-essential , but the results are disparate. According to some, essential drugs are less sensitive to co-payment than discretionary ones others reach the opposite conclusion. The details can be consulted in Puig-Junoy.3... [Pg.139]

Clinical pharmacology plays no less significant a role in primary health care. That includes emphasis on essential drugs, safe and rational use of essential medicines including their side effects and outcomes, drug data transmission and analysis, and training with emphasis on prevalent diseases. Interactions between orthodox and traditional (complementary) medicines are carefully considered. Cost-benefit analysis is made possible. [Pg.59]

Pharmaceutical Starting Materials/Essential Drugs Report. Details over 273 active ingredients. Issued by WHO and the International Trade Centre, a joint WTO-UNCTAD Centre. [Pg.82]

AFRO Essential Drugs Price Indicator. Nearly 300 essential medicines and dosage forms are listed. Details are provided by Member States and low cost essential drugs suppliers. Published by the Regional Office for Africa and the WHO Collaborating Centre for the Quality Assurance of Medicines, University Potchefstroom, South Africa. [Pg.82]

III.b. 1.8. Independent medicine information. Often, the only information about medicines that practitioners receive is provided by the pharmaceutical industry and may be biased. Provision of independent (unbiased) information is therefore essential. Drug information centres (DICs) and dmg bulletins are two useful ways to disseminate such information. Both may be run by government or a university teaching hospital or a non-governmental organization, under the supervision of a trained health professional. Whoever runs the DIG or bulletin must (1) be independent of outside influences and disclose any financial or other conflict of interest and... [Pg.89]

WHO home page. Under health topics, one can find information on e.g. essential drugs, drug safety, and substandard medicines. [Pg.102]

With the expanding availability of medications there is an increasing risk of interactions. Even simple Essential Drugs Lists usually contain 200-300 preparations, and the more generous list of... [Pg.151]

Valerio Reggi, PharmD, PhD Coordinator, Medicines Regulatory Support Department of Technical Cooperation for Essential Drugs and Traditional Medicine, World Health Organization, 20, Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland... [Pg.833]

Essential drugs are those drugs that satisfy the health needs to the majority of the population. These should always to available in adequate quantities and in appropriate dosage forms. [Pg.21]

The WHO list of Essential Drugs published at regular intervals is a model list which could be used at the national, regional, hospital and primary health centre levels (given in appendix III). [Pg.21]

Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB). 2004. Annual Report 03. Ottawa PMPRB. Pecoul, B., P. Chirac, P. Trouiller and J. Pinel. 1999. Access to Essential Drugs in Poor Countries ... [Pg.23]

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