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Article

Falsified Drugs in the Opinion of Patients Diagnosed with Cardiovascular Diseases—Nationwide and Cross-Sectional Study on the Example of EU-Member Country

by
Damian Świeczkowski
1,
Szymon Zdanowski
2,
Piotr Merks
3,4 and
Miłosz Jaguszewski
1,*
1
First Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 7, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
2
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Mariana Smoluchowskiego 17, 80-214 Gdańsk, Poland
3
Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, 01-938 Warsaw, Poland
4
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Collegium, Medicum in Bydgoszcz, 85-089 Bydgoszcz, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(7), 3823; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073823
Submission received: 3 February 2021 / Revised: 17 March 2021 / Accepted: 1 April 2021 / Published: 6 April 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Global Health)
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Abstract

Background: In light of a falsified medications pandemic, understanding the patient perspective on falsified medicines is warranted. Our study aimed to investigate the perspectives regarding falsified medicines among patients with cardiovascular diseases. Methods: Computer-assisted telephone interviews were conducted based on a questionnaire: (i) Respondents suffering from cardiovascular diseases and (ii) respondents not being chronically ill. Only participants below 50 years of age were included. Results: We enrolled 1200 respondents total, 800 in the study group and 400 in the control group (in cooperation with a professional public opinion research center). The vast majority of participants agreed that community pharmacies are the only place that ensures the secure purchasing of non-falsified drugs (67.01% study group and 65.25% control group; p < 0.01). The majority of respondents were convinced that purchasing medications on the Internet is associated with a higher risk of receiving falsified drugs. Patients diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases and those with “non-satisfactory financial situation” had significantly decreased likelihoods of obtaining a high score in general knowledge on falsified medications (OR = 0.64 and OR = 0.58, respectively). Conclusions: Awareness of the risks associated with falsified drugs among patients with cardiovascular diseases remains high but still insufficient.
Keywords: counterfeit medicine; falsified medicine; public health; Falsified Medicines Directive; European Union; pharmacist counterfeit medicine; falsified medicine; public health; Falsified Medicines Directive; European Union; pharmacist

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Świeczkowski, D.; Zdanowski, S.; Merks, P.; Jaguszewski, M. Falsified Drugs in the Opinion of Patients Diagnosed with Cardiovascular Diseases—Nationwide and Cross-Sectional Study on the Example of EU-Member Country. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 3823. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073823

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Świeczkowski D, Zdanowski S, Merks P, Jaguszewski M. Falsified Drugs in the Opinion of Patients Diagnosed with Cardiovascular Diseases—Nationwide and Cross-Sectional Study on the Example of EU-Member Country. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(7):3823. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073823

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Świeczkowski, Damian, Szymon Zdanowski, Piotr Merks, and Miłosz Jaguszewski. 2021. "Falsified Drugs in the Opinion of Patients Diagnosed with Cardiovascular Diseases—Nationwide and Cross-Sectional Study on the Example of EU-Member Country" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 7: 3823. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073823

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Świeczkowski, D., Zdanowski, S., Merks, P., & Jaguszewski, M. (2021). Falsified Drugs in the Opinion of Patients Diagnosed with Cardiovascular Diseases—Nationwide and Cross-Sectional Study on the Example of EU-Member Country. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), 3823. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073823

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