Seasonal patterns of oral antihistamine and intranasal corticosteroid purchases from Australian community pharmacies: a retrospective observational study.

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Pragmatic and Observational Research Pub Date : 2017-08-30 eCollection Date: 2017-01-01 DOI:10.2147/POR.S134266
A Simon Carney, David B Price, Pete K Smith, Richard Harvey, Vicky Kritikos, Sinthia Z Bosnic-Anticevich, Louise Christian, Derek A Skinner, Victoria Carter, Alice Ms Durieux
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Purpose: To explore patterns in the purchase of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) oral antihistamines (OAHs) and intranasal corticosteroids (INCSs) by patients, from pharmacies in different geographical regions of Australia.

Patients and methods: Retrospective observational study using a database containing anonymous pharmacy transaction data from 20.0% of the pharmacies in Australia that link doctor prescriptions and OTC information. Pharmacy purchases of at least one prescription or OTC rhinitis treatment during 2013 and 2014 were assessed.

Results: In total, 4,247,193 prescription and OTC rhinitis treatments were purchased from 909 pharmacies over 12 months. Of treatments purchased, 75.9% were OAHs and 16.6% were INCSs. OTC purchases of both treatments exceeded purchases through prescription. OTC OAHs purchasing patterns were seasonal and almost identical in the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, and New South Wales, and similar seasonal patterns for OTC INCSs were noted in most regions except for South Australia and Tasmania. Prescription purchasing patterns of both OAHs and INCSs remained unchanged throughout the year in most regions.

Conclusion: This large-scale retrospective observational study identified seasonal purchasing patterns of OTC and prescription OAHs and INCSs in a real-world setting. It highlighted that seasonality only affects OTC purchasing patterns of OAHs and INCSs across Australia and that practitioner prescribing remains unchanged, suggesting that it is only for persistent disease.

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从澳大利亚社区药房购买口服抗组胺药和鼻内皮质类固醇的季节性模式:一项回顾性观察研究。
目的:探讨患者从澳大利亚不同地区的药房购买处方药和非处方药(OTC)口服抗组胺药(OAHs)和鼻内皮质类固醇(INCSs)的模式:回顾性观察研究,使用的数据库包含澳大利亚 20.0% 药房的匿名药房交易数据,这些数据将医生处方和非处方药信息联系在一起。研究评估了药房在 2013 年和 2014 年期间购买的至少一种鼻炎处方药或非处方药的情况:结果:12 个月内,共有 4,247,193 人次在 909 家药房购买了处方药和非处方药鼻炎治疗药物。在购买的治疗药物中,75.9%为OAHs,16.6%为INCSs。这两种治疗方法的非处方药购买量都超过了处方药购买量。在澳大利亚首都直辖区、维多利亚州、西澳大利亚州、南澳大利亚州和新南威尔士州,非处方药 OAHs 的购买模式具有季节性且几乎相同;除南澳大利亚州和塔斯马尼亚州外,大多数地区的非处方药 INCSs 购买模式也具有类似的季节性。在大多数地区,OAHs 和 INCSs 的处方购买模式全年保持不变:这项大规模的回顾性观察研究确定了现实世界中非处方药和处方药的季节性购买模式。研究强调,季节性只影响澳大利亚各地非处方药OAH和INCS的购买模式,而从业人员的处方则保持不变,这表明季节性只针对顽固性疾病。
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期刊介绍: Pragmatic and Observational Research is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes data from studies designed to closely reflect medical interventions in real-world clinical practice, providing insights beyond classical randomized controlled trials (RCTs). While RCTs maximize internal validity for cause-and-effect relationships, they often represent only specific patient groups. This journal aims to complement such studies by providing data that better mirrors real-world patients and the usage of medicines, thus informing guidelines and enhancing the applicability of research findings across diverse patient populations encountered in everyday clinical practice.
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