THE PHARMACOECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF EXTEMPORAL MEDICINES USED FOR TREATMENT OF DISEASES AT CHILDREN IN UKRAINE

Author(s)

Zalis'ka O1, Maynych J21Danylo Halytsky Lviv national medical university, Lviv, Ukraine, 2Lviv National Medical University named Danylo Galitsky, Lviv, Ukraine

OBJECTIVES: In Ukraine the medical products made in pharmacies by extempore use wide demand, is especial for treatment of children though the quantity of the pharmacies engaged in extemporal preparation every year decreases in connection with economic conditions, features of licensing of such activity in Ukraine. Use extemporal preparations with precisely picked up concentration corresponding by the medicinal form (the suppositories, a dosed out powder) allows to provide individualized therapy of the child depending on age and weights of the body, accompanying diseases (for example a diabetes). METHODS: We have carried out the ÀÂÑ- analysis of extemporal medicines, which were prepared in pharmacies of Lviv city for 2008. RESULTS: Sample list of extemporal medicines has made 44 names for 2000 recipes. The dominating medicinal form solutions with precisely set concentration or features of their technological manufacturing make 45%. Also prepare for ointments (21%), dosed out powders (18 %), suspensions (7%), mixtures (5%), suppositories (4%). Among medicinal forms are submitted a solution of clorhydrogenic acid with pepsinum, used for excitation of appetite at children, the recipe – Lassar paste for treatment of dermatitis at children. Such medicines are not made with a farmaceutical industry. CONCLUSIONS: We have defined, that costs of extemporal medicines, in particular solutions makes 4-16 UAH (1 $ = 7.7 UAH), ointments 8-27 UAH, powders of 2-6 UAN, suspension of 11-18 UAH. These extemporal medicines are economically accessible to treatment for children in Ukraine.

Conference/Value in Health Info

2009-10, ISPOR Europe 2009, Paris, France

Value in Health, Vol. 12, No. 7 (October 2009)

Code

PHP97

Topic

Specialized Treatment Areas

Topic Subcategory

Personalized & Precision Medicine

Disease

Multiple Diseases

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