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Table 2 Prescribed medicines at baseline with ATC codes

From: Insufficient access to oral paediatric medicines in Ghana: A descriptive study

Suspension/syrup

Number of prescriptions (%) (N = 622)

Prescription ever registered in Ghana

Prescription registered for oral paediatric use

Availability on children EMLa

ATC code [7]

Baclofen

12 (1.9)

No

-b

No

M03BX01

Captopril

15 (2.4)

Yes

No

No

C09AA01

Clonazepam

20 (3.2)

No

-

No

N03AE01

Digoxin

2 (0.3)

Yes

No

Yes

C01AA05

Domperidone

2 (0.3)

Yes

Yes

No

A03FA03

Enalapril

2 (0.3)

Yes

No

Yes

C09AA02

Folic acid

56 (9.0)

Yes

Yes

Yes

B03BB01

Furosemide

194 (31.2)

Yes

No

Yes

C03CA01

Hydroxyurea

16 (2.6)

No

-

No

L01XX05

Levetiracetam

2 (0.3)

Yes

No

No

N03AX14

Lamotrigine

6 (1.0)

No

-

No

N03AX09

Lisinopril

3 (0.5)

Yes

No

No

C09AA04

Metoclopramide

2 (0.3)

Yes

Yes

Yes

A03FA01

Nalidixic Acid

2 (0.3)

Yes

No

No

J01MB02

Nifedipine

4 (0.6)

Yes

No

No

C08GA02

Nitrofurantoin

3 (0.5)

Yes

 

Yes

J01XE01

Phenobarbitone

14 (2.3)

Yes

Yes

Yes

N03AA02

Prednisolone

2 (0.3)

Yes

Yes

Yes

H02AB06

Propranolol

50 (8.0)

Yes

Yes

Yes

C07BA05

Pyrimethamine

3 (0.5)

No

-

Yes

P01BD01

Ranitidine

2 (0.3)

Yes

 

Yes

A02BA02

Risperidone

7 (1.1)

Yes

No

No

N05AX10

Sildenafil citrate

13 (2.1)

Yes

No

No

G04BE03

Spironolactone

175 (28.1)

Yes

No

Yes

C03DA01

Sulfadiazine

3 (0.5)

No

-

Yes

J01EC02

Topiramate

3 (0.5)

Yes

-

No

N03AX12

Others

9 (1.4)

-

-

-

-

  1. aWHO Model Formulary for Children 2010. bThere was no information on product