Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2016

ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF PACKAGING OF SOME MULTIDOSE EYE DROPS

Ochiogu Bc, Ughachukwu Po

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 Background: Economic recession is a global issue and as such, many nations, corporate organizations and individuals are applying measures to reduce waste. Pharmaceutical companies who make multi–dose eye drops are advised to key into this principle in order to reduce cost in health care delivery. Objective: To determine the volumes of multi–dose eye drops that are needed for one course of treatment to determine how these tally with the volumes of eye drops packaged. Methodology: Twelve (12) multi–dose eye drops were dispensed to hypothetical patients and the number of drops in a 28 day course of treatment calculated. The number of drops per bottle was divided by the frequency of application per day to get the observed duration in days. The excess or deficit in days after 28days was converted into volume (mls). Results: Out of the twelve different topical eye drops used in the study, seven packaged in 10mls volume had observed excess days ranging from 25 to 78 days. Those packaged in 5mls volume but were used four times a day had deficit of one day (they lasted only 27 days) while those packaged in 5mls volume but were applied two times daily had excess of 25 days. Latanoprost which was applied once a day packaged in 2.5mls volume had excess of 22days. Conclusion: The selected eye drops evaluated in this study were not packaged in optimal volumes. Drug manufacturers are encouraged to improve on the formulation of these eye drops to increase their half–lives thereby reducing frequency of administration and packaged volumes.

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Ochiogu BC, Ughachukwu PO ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF PACKAGING OF SOME MULTIDOSE EYE DROPS International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.5, Issue : 6 JUNE 2016

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