NOMENCLATURE ANALYSIS OF MEDICINES PREPARED BY PHARMACIES OF RUE «BELPHARMATSIYA»

The article is devoted to the nomenclature analysis of medicines prepared at 21 pharmacies of the 1st category of RUE «BELPHARMATSIYA», the largest state pharmacy network in Minsk. Medicines preparation at pharmacies is carried out according to the doctors’ prescriptions and the requirements (applications) of healthcare organizations as well as in the form of intra-pharmacy stocking and packing. The main tasks of pharmacy preparation are: providing the population and healthcare organizations with dosage forms not manufactured by industry, preparation of dosage forms mainly used in pediatric and geriatric practice, individual pharmacotherapy provision. Pharmacists make from 38 to 174 dosage forms in one day. The nomenclature of the medicines prepared numbers 392most common prescriptions of which 47,2% prescriptions are unique: they were prepared by one pharmacy only. The most prevalent (42,8%) is preparation of complex in composition dosage forms which contain at least 4 ingredients. Therefore, there is an urgent question about the stability of dosage forms and shelf life detection (currently, the legislation hasn’t established shelf life of medicines prepared at pharmacy). The assortment of active ingredients and excipients has been analyzed. There are cases of medicines preparation from industrial medicines. The need for almost 100 names of active ingredients has been established. Nomenclature analysis of the prescriptions has confirmed the importance of medicines preparation development at a pharmacy to provide the population with medicines.