Pattern of Household Drug Storage
Abstract: Household storage of
pharmaceutical is world-widely practice, including in Indonesia. The purpose of
this study was to obtain the pattern of medicine storage, the sources and
reasons of medicine kept in households. Acrosssectional survey was conducted on
October 2011, involving 250 adult household respondents, randomly selected from
three subdistricts in North Jakarta, and have approved the written consents,
and interviewed with structured questionnaire. Data were performed in
univariate and bivariate analysis with chi square test. The majority of
household (82%) stored drugs at home; analgesic-antipyretic nonsteroidal
anti-inflammatory was the type of drugs kept by mostly (76.1%) of household.
Out of 1001 stored drugs formulation encountered, about 31% were ethical drugs,
mostly (64.8%) obtained from authorized pharmacies, purchased without
prescription (71.9%), kept for future use (37.6%), and were leftover medicines
(31.6%). Among the leftovers, 39.2% were ethical drugs including anti infective
agents (31.5%). The leftover ethical medicines and anti infective agents could
be indicated as inappropriate storage of pharmaceuticals and may lead to drug
related problems.
Keywords: drug storage;
ethical drugs; household; over the counter drugs; penyimpanan obat; obat
etikal; rumah tangga; obat bebas
Penulis: Retno Gitawati
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd140553