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LÆKNABLAÐIÐ
polit., Guðmundur Sverrisson læknir, Helgi
Kristbjamarson dr. med. og Kristín Þórsdóttir
B.S. aðstoðuðu við úrvinnslu gagna og
leiðréttingar.
SUMMARY
Who prescribe psychotropic drugs to outpatients?
Survey of prescriptions in Reykjavik, March 1984.
The distribution of doctors prescribing psychotropic
drugs during one month in 1984 is analysed
according to speciality and age, which drugs they
prescibed, to whom, how and in what dosage.
Psychiatrists issued only 17% of the prescriptions
to 12.3% of the patients. General practitioners
issued 55% of the prescriptions to 62.5%
of the patients. Slightly more than 85% of
the prescriptions were for tranquillizers and
hypnotics. However, only 60% of the psychiatrists’
prescriptions were for such drugs. Almost one half
of the prescriptions included other drugs along with
the psychotropics. General practitioners issued
about 55% of their prescriptions by telephone,
while psychiatrists issued only 15% of their
prescriptions in that manner. The psychiatrists
treated relatively younger people. They advised
their patients to take the drugs on an average in
larger dosages than other doctors. All other doctors
advised their patients to take on an average less
than one defined daily dosis per day.
The oldest doctors issued more prescriptions than
the younger ones for greater amount of drugs each,
but the prescribed dosis did not vary according to
age.
It would probably be possible to reduce the
consumption of tranquillizers if other doctors did
not issue more prescriptions than the psychiatrists
by telephone.
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