Cognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, Italy.
Pharma Experience, Rome, Italy.
Public Health. 2021 Dec;201:75-77. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.10.005. Epub 2021 Oct 16.
We have investigated the psychotropic medications sales (i.e. benzodiazepines, mood stabilisers and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the period from March 2020 to February 2021 compared with the same period in the preceding year.
This was a retrospective and observational study.
Data were obtained from five pharmacies located in a working-class zone populated by approximately 150,000 people in the urban area of Rome (Italy).
A general slight increase in psychotropic medications sales was observed during the whole pandemic period compared with the previous year.
Our data showed that (1) the percentage of sales seems to vary according to the pandemic phases and related lockdowns and (2) the sales differ between the classes of medications considered.
我们研究了 2020 年 3 月至 2021 年 2 月期间与前一年同期相比，COVID-19 大流行期间的精神药物销售情况（即苯二氮䓬类、情绪稳定剂和选择性 5-羟色胺再摄取抑制剂）。
这是一项回顾性和观察性研究。
数据来自罗马市区一个约有 15 万人的工人阶级区的五家药店（意大利）。
与前一年相比，整个大流行期间精神药物的销售总体上略有增加。
我们的数据表明，（1）销售百分比似乎根据大流行阶段和相关封锁而有所不同，（2）销售情况在考虑的药物类别之间有所不同。
