Sugar content in liquid oral medicines for children

Revista de Saúde Pública

Karen Glazer Peres²  Caroline Teixeira Oliveira²  Marco Aurélio Peres¹  Melissa Dos Santos Raymundo¹  Roseane Fett¹ 

[1] ,Universidade do Sul de Santa CatarinaTubarão SC ,Brasil

关键词: Pharmaceutical preparations;    Administration;    oral;    Drug evaluation;    Pediatrics;    Preparações farmacêuticas;    Administração oral;    Avaliação de medicamentos;    Pediatria;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-89102005000300022

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The most sold and/or prescribed liquid oral medicines for children in Tubarão, Southern Brazil, were assessed. Their sugar concentration was tested and compared to those in their directions for use. All pharmacies and pediatricians working in the city were visited by a previously trained interviewer. Pre-tested questionnaires were applied in order to assess the most sold pediatric as well as the most prescribed pediatric liquid oral medicines. Three samples of each medicine were analyzed by Lane-Eynon general volumetric method. Among the 14 most sold/prescribed medicines only four did not have sugar contents (analgesic, cortisone, and syrups). Sugar concentration ranged from 8.59 g/100 g of drug (SD=0.29 g/100 g) to 67.0 g/100 g of drug (SD=6.07 g/100 g). Only 50.0% of the total medicines that presented sugar in their ingredients showed this information in their directions.

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