Usage of Antifungal Drugs for Therapy of Genital Candida
Infections, Purchased as Over-the-Counter Products or by Prescription: 1. Analyses of a Unique Database

Per-Anders  Mårdh; Jolanta  Wågström; Maria  Landgren; Jan  Holmén

doi:10.1080/10647440400003873

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2004)

Usage of Antifungal Drugs for Therapy of Genital Candida Infections, Purchased as Over-the-Counter Products or by Prescription: 1. Analyses of a Unique Database

Per-Anders Mårdh,
Jolanta Wågström,
Maria Landgren,
Jan Holmén

Affiliations

Per-Anders Mårdh: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Lund SE-221 85, Sweden
Jolanta Wågström: Apoteket AB (The National Corporation of Swedish Pharmacies), Sweden
Maria Landgren: Apoteket AB (The National Corporation of Swedish Pharmacies), Sweden
Jan Holmén: Informationscentrum Skåne, Hospital Pharmacy, Varberg, Sweden

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10647440400003873
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 2
pp. 91 – 97

Abstract

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Objectives: To present sales figures of antifungal drugs for treatment of genital Candida infections in females, which had been purchased in the Swedish county of Skåne (with approximately 1.2 million inhabitants) during the 1990s. To study the relative proportions of the drugs sold by prescription and as over-the-counter (OTC) products.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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