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Perspectives of consumers or patients on the use of generic medicines
Fecha
2021Registro en:
Medwave (2021) 21:11 Artículo N° e8155
10.5867/medwave.2021.11.8155
Autor
Celedón, Natalia
González, Cristian
Cuadrado Nahum, Cristóbal Alfonso
Institución
Resumen
Access to medicines constitutes a public health challenge worldwide.
Promoting the utilization of generic medicines is one of the strategies
that has been proposed to optimize pharmaceutical spending and thus
allow greater coverage. However, its use is not yet widespread. This
summary seeks to explore the perspectives and acceptability to the use of
generic medicines from patients and consumers.
Methods
We searched in Epistemonikos, the largest database of systematic
reviews in health, which is maintained by screening multiple
information sources, including MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane,
among others. We extracted data from the systematic reviews,
reanalyzed data of primary studies, conducted a meta-analysis and
generated a summary of findings table using the GRADE approach.
Results and conclusions
We identified four systematic reviews including 47 studies overall, of
which 1 corresponds to a randomized controlled trial. We concluded
that a low rate of consumers have a negative perception regarding
generic medicines, including dimensions such as effectiveness, quality,
safety, and risk of adverse effects.