RATIONAL ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY IN THE EASTERN REGION OF LIBYA
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2015-06-15
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Libyan International Medical University Faculty of Pharmacy
Abstract
Drug utilization studies conducted in Libya during the period 1991-2013, have pointed out the
irrational use of antibiotics as a common practice that costs the health system more than 7.7
million Libyan Dinars / year. The aim of this study is to assess the trend of antimicrobial
consumption in the Eastern region of Libya during 2012 – 2013.
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Medicines or drugs are substances or preparations which are intended for administration to
human beings or animals in order to prevent, diagnose, alleviate or cure diseases and
pathological symptoms, or to act on body functions.The terms Drug Utilization Research (DUR), Drug Consumption Study, Drug Utilization
Study (DUS), Drug Utilization Review, Drug Usage Review, and Drug Use Evaluation are
one more or less synonymous. The World Health Organization (WHO) has continued to use
the term Drug Utilization Research (DUR) that is defined as follow:
"The marketing, distribution, prescription and use of drug in society, with special emphasis on
the resulting medical, social and economic consequences
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Pharmacy degree, research work, Faculty of Pharmacy
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