Global restriction of the over-the-counter sale of antimicrobials: does it make sense?

Front Public Health. 2024 Jul 3:12:1412644. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1412644. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Carl Llor^{1

2

3}, Ria Benkő⁴, Lars Bjerrum⁵

Affiliations

¹ University Institute in Primary Care Research Jordi Gol, Barcelona, Spain.
² CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain.
³ Research Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
⁵ Section and Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

No abstract available

Keywords: drug resistance; health policy; microbial; nonprescription drugs; over-the-counter (OTC); pharmacists.

MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents* / therapeutic use
Global Health
Humans
Nonprescription Drugs*

Substances

Nonprescription Drugs
Anti-Infective Agents

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare that no financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.