Abstract:
In Bangladesh tendency of the mass people to buy medicines without proper
prescription. Undoubtedly this is not a healthy practice to adopt. Government
published the "Essential Drug List" or "EDL" in 1982 along with the National
Drug Policy (NDP). The NDP stated that no medicine of any kind can be
manufactured for sale or be imported, distributed or sold unless it is registered
with the licensing authority; and no person, being a retailer, is allowed to sell
any drug without the personal supervision of a pharmacist registered in any
Register of the Pharmacy Council of Bangladesh. Despite substantial
progress in drug manufacturing, irrational drug use, inappropriate prescribing,
inadequate access to essential drugs, and uncontrolled price are major
problems affecting the total health care system badly in Bangladesh. One can
get any drugs from anywhere. So in real sense, there is still no 'Prescription
Only Drug' in Bangladesh at present. Drug selling pattern is a powerful
indicator of rational use of drugs. To find out the picture of Drug Selling
Pattern in Bangladesh, a survey program was conducted in three areas
namely Dinajpur, Nator and Nowakhali. In case of conducting the program,
urban and rural both areas were considered to perform the study. Firstly, the
data was collected from those areas with the help of a prepared sample
collection form and, then the analysis of the data and finding out the subjected
outcomes. The main objective of the study was to improve the drug selling
pattern and enhance the rational use of drug to ensure the proper public
health.
Description:
This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.