Stability of essential drugs in the field: results of a study conducted over a two-year period in Burkina Faso.

摘要: To evaluate the stability of essential drugs stored in realistic tropical conditions, we have carried out a two-year prospective study western Burkina Faso. Twenty-seven were rural site and urban one where temperature hygrometry recorded daily. Samples each drug taken for further analysis to World Health Organization Collaborative Center Study Stability Drugs Nantes, France every three months. Quantitative showed that majority samples suffered no significant loss their active ingredient. In contrast, ampicillin, erythromycin, sulfaguanidine, injectable furosemide, penicillin G, trimethoprim, chloroquine more than 10% quantitative Thus, it is not recommended these be year climate.