Rebecca Boehm, Marlene B Schwartz, Ann Lowenfels, Ian Brissette, Mary Jo Pattison, Jia Ren
The Relationship between Written District Policies and School Practices among High-Need Districts in New York State
The Journal of school health
unused pharmaceuticals currently public health problem study aimed identify unused pharmaceuticals research practices disposal methods classify medicines according anatomical therapeutic chemical codes atc determine number unused medicines study designed crosssectional study data collected april august 2023 burdurtrkiye nonprobability sampling technique convenience method pharmaceuticals classified according atc statistical package social science spss v24 package program used data analysis total 1120 people 1005 first sample group 115 second sample group participated study findings first sample group total 4097 boxes unused pharmaceuticals 47 43 boxesper capita detected found pharmaceuticals stored areas kitchens 591 refrigerators 386 reason keeping reuse 41 disposal practice household garbage 81 paracetamol 648 boxes cold preparation 303 boxes dexketoprofen 239 boxes diclofenac 218 boxes amoxicillin betalactamase inhibitor 190 boxes found frequently unused pharmaceuticals using unused medicines home without consulting physician 941 selfmedication findings second sample group 6189 dosage forms 265 boxes pharmaceutical 3132506 dosage forms used 3057494 found unused significant amount number unused medicines households selfmedication common medicines properly disposed expire public information needed drug takeback system unused medicines useful solving problem