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CONTE VALDES E1, MORALES ARAÚZ Y2, HERRERA BALLESTEROS V1, ZAMORANO CASTILLERO C3, GÓMEZ QUINTERO B1, TORO LOZANO J3
1 Departamento de Investigación y Evaluación de Tecnología Sanitaria del
Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud (Panamá)
2 Universidad Latina de Panamá (Panamá)
3 Caja de Seguro Social (Panamá)
Influence of promotion and advertising in the found, 67% were drugs. Advertising
was mostly for products that do not
rational use of drugs need a prescription, most were sexual
SUMMARY World Health Organization (WHO) potentiators. Only 8% of the informa-
Objective: To detect the influence of and national legislation governing for tion offered to professionals was clas-
promotion and advertising in the ra- the promotion and advertising of sified as technical and scientific.
tional use of drugs in Panama. drugs in Panama. Conclusions: The promotional mate-
Methods: Four areas were established Results: The survey included 133 esta- rial for patients and health professio-
in major cities of the Panama Repu- blishments, 86% where private phar- nals does not comply technical and
blic, where we obtain advertising pie- macies finding affordable advertising ethical criteria outlined by the World
ces properly defined in pharmacies for patients. There was no statistically Health Organization and national
and private medical clinics. It was re- significant difference in pharmacies standards. Our study found that ad-
corded advertising activity on com- and private clinics that suggested the vertising impacts at the moment of
mercial national television, radio and same incidence of advertising expo- acquisition of a drug. It is important
newspapers for a 45 days period by sure. 204 advertising pieces were ob- to promote campaigns about the ra-
the established procedure, using as tained; the most frequent was leaflet, tional use of drugs, oriented to the
variables, the ethical criteria of the 61%. From 276 commercial products population and health professionals.
Key Words: Medicine, promotion, advertising, rational use.
Correspondencia:
Eric Conte Valdes
Apartado postal 0831-02496, Paitilla (Panamá)
Correo electrónico: econte@gorgas.gob.pa
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Figura 1 Figura 2
Distribución de resultados Clasificación de la publicidad
por establecimiento en la televisión y emisoras
Número Porcentaje Número Porcentaje
100
100
140 133
78,0
120 115 80
100 63
100 86 60
49
80
60 40
40 20
20
18 14 5 8,0 5 8,0 4 6,0
0
0 Suplem. Remedios Cosméticos Medicamentos Total
Clínicas Farmacias Total alimenticios naturales
Fuente: Departamento de Investigación y Evaluación Fuente: Departamento de Investigación y Evaluación
de Tecnología Sanitaria, ICGES, 2015 de Tecnología Sanitaria, ICGES, 2015
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Figura 3 Figura 4
Tipo de información ausente de Tipo de información suministrada
los insertos de medicamentos al profesional de la salud
Número Porcentaje
80 72
70 50 46
58 61
60 40
50 48
40 32 33 30
30 27 28
22 20
20 15
10 10
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