Sri Lanka's response to prescribed drug misuse: is it enough?
Prescription drugs
dependence
misuse
prescribers
regulations
Journal
BJPsych international
ISSN: 2056-4740
Titre abrégé: BJPsych Int
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101654173
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2023
Feb 2023
Historique:
received:
17
05
2021
revised:
10
08
2021
accepted:
10
09
2021
entrez:
22
2
2023
pubmed:
23
2
2023
medline:
23
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A wide range of medications are being misused by people the world over and Sri Lanka is no exception. Reasons for this misuse are manyfold. Regulatory bodies, prescribers, dispensers, as well as the general public, have significant roles to play in mitigating the misuse of prescribed medications and their harmful consequences.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36812038
doi: 10.1192/bji.2021.54
pii: S2056474021000544
pmc: PMC9909435
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
7-9Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2021.
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