Should Antibiotics Be Controlled Medicines? Lessons from the Controlled Drug Regimen

Live Storehagen; Friha Aftab; Christine Årdal; Miloje Savic; John-Arne Røttingen

doi:10.1177/1073110518782919

Should Antibiotics Be Controlled Medicines? Lessons from the Controlled Drug Regimen

J Law Med Ethics. 2018 Jun;46(1_suppl):81-94. doi: 10.1177/1073110518782919.

Authors

Live Storehagen¹, Friha Aftab¹, Christine Årdal¹, Miloje Savic¹, John-Arne Røttingen¹

Affiliation

¹ Live Storehagen, M.Pharm., M.Phil., is an advisor on global health and antimicrobial resistance for the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in Oslo, Norway. Friha Aftab, M.D., is working at the Oslo University Hospital, Norway. She wrote her dr.med. thesis on controlled medicines and antibiotic stewardship. Christine Årdal, Ph.D., is a senior advisor on global health and antimicrobial resistance for the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in Oslo, Norway. Miloje Savic, Ph.D., is a senior advisor on global health and antimicrobial resistance for the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in Oslo, Norway. John-Arne Røttingen, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc., M.P.A., is the Chief Executive of the Research Council of Norway and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

PMID: 30146964
DOI: 10.1177/1073110518782919

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the antibiotic-relevant lessons from the controlled drug regimen for narcotics. Whereas several elements of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961) could be advantageous for antibiotics, we doubt that an international legally binding agreement for controlling antibiotic consumption would be any more effective than implementing stewardship measures through national AMR plans.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents*
Drug Prescriptions
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Drug and Narcotic Control*
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing / prevention & control

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents