Patients' Use and Perception of Medication Information Leaflets

Abstract

Approximately two-thirds of the patients surveyed reported reading the leaflets provided with new medications at least often. The majority reported the leaflets to be useful and easy to understand. Pharmacists should advocate reading the leaflet and promote it as a useful resource. The leaflet should not replace the pharmacist's obligation to provide verbal counseling.

A Profile of Concurrent Alcohol and Alcohol-Interactive Prescription Drug Use in the US Population

“…19 Nearly one third of patients do not read leaflets provided with new medications. 20 Furthermore, verbal prescription counseling by pharmacists, although meeting minimum federal and state requirements, is considered neither excellent nor good 21 , and this may have important ramifications for patients with low health literacy. Thus, patients may concurrently use alcohol and AI medications because they are unaware that doing so places them at high risk for harmful interactions.…”

Patients Comprehension of Pharmaceutical Package Inserts Information in Karachi, Pakistan

“…However, in UK only 35 % of patient reads PPI completely [9]. Another researcher reported that 49.2 % patients always read PPI and 48.3 % of patients said that they faced problem in understanding PPIs [15]. As majority of the respondents were educated, they were aware of the significance of reading PPI.…”

Der Einfluss des Beipackzettels auf die medikamentöse Adhärenz bei hausärztlichen Patienten

“…Nathan et al [17] befragten amerikanische Patienten anhand eines Fragebogens, ob sie den BPZ eines neuen Medikaments lesen, diesen verstehen und ihn als hilfreich empfinden. Zwei Drittel der Befragten würden den BPZ eines neuen Medikaments immer lesen und diesen auch verstehen und ihn als hilfreich empfinden.…”