PURPOSE Reducing inappropriate use of antibiotics is key to many antibiotic resistance
initiatives. Most initiatives, however, focus almost exclusively on controlling prescribing by …

Background: Improved antibiotic stewardship (AS) and reduced prescribing in primary care,
with a parallel increase in personal internet use, could lead citizens to obtain antibiotics from …

Background: Use of antibiotics without a prescription may increase unnecessary and
inappropriate drug use or doses as well as global risk for antimicrobial resistance. Purpose …

Objective To determine the prevalence of and factors associated with dispensing antibiotics
without a prescription in online and community pharmacies in China. Methods We …

Many of the issues facing the surging Internet pharmacy business are similar, if not identical,
to those that have characterized mail-order pharmacy since its inception. When mail-order …

Objective: Irrational use of antimicrobials is a major driver of antimicrobial resistance,
exacerbated by dispensing antibiotics without a prescription. Our previous study suggested …

Online pharmacies fall into 3 major categories: independent Internet-only sites, online
branches of “brick-and-mortar” pharmacies, and sites representing partnership among …

Objective To estimate the proportion of over-the-counter antibiotic requests or consultations
that resulted in non-prescription supply of antibiotics in community pharmacies globally …

Sales of consumer products over the Internet have grown rapidly, including sales of
pharmaceutical products. Online pharmacies mimic mail order pharmacies. To operate …

Background: Unprecedented drug shortages announced by the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) have severely affected therapeutic access, patient safety, and public …