Gehler Mariacher G, Rota M, Hersberger K E
Medi Help Direct, Zürich.
Praxis (Bern 1994). 1998 Oct 21;87(43):1441-3.
For the first time unused drugs have been analyzed in Switzerland. The two non profit organizations MEDI HELP DIRECT in Zurich and Pharmaciens sans Frontières in Neuchâtel collected the unused drugs with the aim to examine the quality and the quantity of the medication returned to the pharmacies. In both cantons about 5000 units have been registered and examined with the respect to shelf-life, contents, requirement of prescription and reimbursement by health companies. Two thirds of the drugs have 50-100% contents left over. Prescribed medicines returned faster to the pharmacies and are less often expired.
瑞士首次对未使用的药物进行了分析。苏黎世的两个非营利组织“MEDI HELP DIRECT”和纳沙泰尔的“无国界药剂师”收集了未使用的药物，旨在检查返还给药房的药物的质量和数量。在这两个州，已登记了约5000件药物，并对其保质期、含量、处方要求以及医疗公司的报销情况进行了检查。三分之二的药物剩余含量为50%-100%。处方药返还给药房的速度更快，过期的情况也更少。
