PMID: 9663632Jul 15, 1998Paper

Impact of the change in Connecticut syringe prescription laws on pharmacy sales and pharmacy managers' practices

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology : Official Publication of the International Retrovirology Association
L Wright-De AgüeroJ Miles

Abstract

We assessed the impact of the 1992 change in Connecticut syringe prescription laws on pharmacy sales and pharmacy managers' sales practices. A mail survey was conducted in 1994 of all current pharmacy managers in the five largest cities in Connecticut (Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury, Bridgeport, and Stamford) and a random sample of those practicing in all other areas. Of these, 89.3% of the pharmacies in the five largest cities and 85.1% in the other areas had ever sold syringes without a prescription since the July 1992 law went into effect. Most pharmacists identified safety issues as very important in their personal decision about the sale of syringes without a prescription. Although the purpose of the change in the prescription law was to provide expanded access to sterile syringes by injection drug users (IDUs), only 31.4% of the managers who were allowed to sell in all instances and 18.1% of those who sold at their discretion were very willing to sell syringes to IDUs. In the logistic regression model of pharmacies with a sell-in-all-instances policy, the perceived benefit of the sale of syringes on health and community well-being was the only influence independently associated with managers support for nonprescription sa...Continue Reading

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