Psychotropic medications sales during COVID-19 outbreak in Italy changed according to the pandemic phases and related lockdowns

OBJECTIVES: We have investigated the psychotropic medications sales (i.e. benzodiazepines, mood stabilisers and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the period from March 2020 to February 2021 compared with the same period in the preceding year. STUDY DESIGN: This...

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Autores principales: Farina, B., Massullo, C., De Rossi, E., Carbone, G.A., Serraino, R., Imperatori, C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2021
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8598264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34798326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.10.005
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Massullo, C.
De Rossi, E.
Carbone, G.A.
Serraino, R.
Imperatori, C.
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description OBJECTIVES: We have investigated the psychotropic medications sales (i.e. benzodiazepines, mood stabilisers and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the period from March 2020 to February 2021 compared with the same period in the preceding year. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective and observational study. METHODS: Data were obtained from five pharmacies located in a working-class zone populated by approximately 150,000 people in the urban area of Rome (Italy). RESULTS: A general slight increase in psychotropic medications sales was observed during the whole pandemic period compared with the previous year. CONCLUSION: Our data showed that (1) the percentage of sales seems to vary according to the pandemic phases and related lockdowns and (2) the sales differ between the classes of medications considered.
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spelling pubmed-85982642021-11-18 Psychotropic medications sales during COVID-19 outbreak in Italy changed according to the pandemic phases and related lockdowns Farina, B. Massullo, C. De Rossi, E. Carbone, G.A. Serraino, R. Imperatori, C. Public Health Short Communication OBJECTIVES: We have investigated the psychotropic medications sales (i.e. benzodiazepines, mood stabilisers and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the period from March 2020 to February 2021 compared with the same period in the preceding year. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective and observational study. METHODS: Data were obtained from five pharmacies located in a working-class zone populated by approximately 150,000 people in the urban area of Rome (Italy). RESULTS: A general slight increase in psychotropic medications sales was observed during the whole pandemic period compared with the previous year. CONCLUSION: Our data showed that (1) the percentage of sales seems to vary according to the pandemic phases and related lockdowns and (2) the sales differ between the classes of medications considered. The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2021-12 2021-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8598264/ /pubmed/34798326 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.10.005 Text en © 2021 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Carbone, G.A.
Serraino, R.
Imperatori, C.
Psychotropic medications sales during COVID-19 outbreak in Italy changed according to the pandemic phases and related lockdowns
title Psychotropic medications sales during COVID-19 outbreak in Italy changed according to the pandemic phases and related lockdowns
title_full Psychotropic medications sales during COVID-19 outbreak in Italy changed according to the pandemic phases and related lockdowns
title_fullStr Psychotropic medications sales during COVID-19 outbreak in Italy changed according to the pandemic phases and related lockdowns
title_full_unstemmed Psychotropic medications sales during COVID-19 outbreak in Italy changed according to the pandemic phases and related lockdowns
title_short Psychotropic medications sales during COVID-19 outbreak in Italy changed according to the pandemic phases and related lockdowns
title_sort psychotropic medications sales during covid-19 outbreak in italy changed according to the pandemic phases and related lockdowns
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8598264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34798326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.10.005
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