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Amandine Gouverneur1, Hames Bourenane2, Alexandre Chung2
1Centre hospitalier universitaire, Bordeaux, France.
Objective:
To quantify and characterize the use of the Internet to search for information about medicines.
Methods:
A random sample of subjects was interviewed in the city of Bordeaux (France) in November 2012 regarding their use of the Internet to find information on medicines.
Results:
Among 103 interviewed subjects (median age: 38 years; 53.4% of men), 48 (46.6%) reported using the Internet to find information about medicines (58.3% of women). Two-thirds (66.7%) declared visiting consumer forums. However, nearly 60% reported to first consult a health professional. Three subjects had already bought medicines on the web and half (52.0%) of those who never made a purchase on the Internet would not trust the quality of the medicine.
Conclusion:
Even if purchasing medicines on the web remains rare, this media is frequently used to find information on medicines and most often on websites of questionable quality.
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