通过互联网浏览器扩展来评估互联网药房的可靠性
Vraj Patel1, Mason Lovett1, Ryan Rybarczyk1
1Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
The journal of medicine access
|August 28, 2023
概括
消费者面临来自非法在线药店 (IOP) 和不合格药物的风险. 这项研究开发了一个浏览器扩展,以识别经过验证,不推和未经验证的药房网站,发现某些关键字的不推与经过验证结果的比率为 3:1.
科学领域:
- 制药科学 制药科学
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 消费者安全 消费者安全
背景情况:
- 合法和非法在线药店的激增,增加了消费者购买不合格或伪造药物的风险.
- 识别合法在线药房对于公共卫生和患者安全至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 量化通过在线搜索发现的经过验证,不推和未经验证的药房网站的流行率.
- 为了比较关键词的有效性,不建议与经过验证的药房网站相比.
主要方法:
- 开发一个互联网浏览器扩展,根据国家药房协会 (NABP) 清单对搜索结果进行分类.
- 在4周内使用131个关键字和应用程序编程接口 (API) 进行自动搜索.
- 将搜索结果分为验证的,不推的和未经验证的类别.
主要成果:
- 在研究期间,平均4.3%的搜索结果被归类为经过验证或不推.
- 观察到不推与经过验证的药房网站的显着3:1比率.
- 像"出货"和"便宜"这样的关键词与较高比例的不推搜索结果有关.
结论:
- 开发的浏览器扩展可以帮助消费者识别安全的在线药房搜索结果.
- 这个工具有潜力打击非法在线药店 (IOP),提高患者安全,改善获得合法药物的机会.
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