Waste generation of drug product samples versus prescriptions obtained through pharmacy dispensing

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 593-595

  Pai, Manjunath P ^a   Graci, Danielle M ^a   Bertino Jr , Joseph S ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Pharmacy Services ^*  (United States)

^b BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; WASTE;

EID: 0034024990     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.20.6.593.35155     Document Type: Review

References (15)

1. Eno DM, Sperandio GJ. Drug samples in hospital pharmacy: a study of the distribution and control Am J Hosp Pharm 1960;17:679-83.
2. Liebman M. Rethinking sampling strategies. Medical Marketing & Media Magazine June 1997:1-6.
3. Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987, 102 STAT (1987).
4. Wolfe BL. Drug samples: benefit or bait. JAMA 1998;279:1698-9.
5. Westfall JM, McCabe J, Nicholas RA. Personal use of drug samples by physicians and office staff. JAMA 1997;278:141-3.
6. Haxby DG, Rodriguez GS, Zechnich AD, et al. Manufacturers' distribution of drug samples to a family medicine clinic. Am J Health-Syst Pharm 1995;52:496-9.
7. Morelli D, Koenigsberg MR. Sample medication dispensing in a residency practice. J Fam Pract 1992;34:42-8.
8. Chren M, Landefled S. Physicians' behavior and their interactions with drug companies. A controlled study of physicians who requested additions to a hospital drug formulary. JAMA 1994;271:684-9.
9. Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Drug Control Program. Accountability lor manufacturers samples. Boston: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 1998.
10. Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Drug Control Program. Labeling guidelines for sample prescription drugs. Boston: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 1998.
11. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Comprehensive accreditation manual for hospitals. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: JCAHO, 1998.
12. Gustafson TL. True Epistat, 4th ed. Richardson. TX: Epistat Services, 1991.
13. Cardinale V, ed. Drug topics red book. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics. 1998:1-508.
14. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The consumer's handbook for producing solid waste. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1992.
15. Donohoe MT, Matthews H. Wasted paper in pharmaceutical samples. M Engl J Med 1999;340:1600.