A new trendier display for misuse; and particularly liquid oral delivery mechanism. It just needs to the liquid medicines medications in bottles. For some pac- be opened and the content must be kaging, the manufacturer provides the poured into the mouth or cup. With The food industry was the first to use dosing system: oral pipette, measuring this, the patient or caregiver is certain stick-packs for condiments such as spoon or small cup, but in other cases of the dose being administered. In the ketchup or mustard as well as some where nothing is provided, there is the pharmacies of the hospitals that prac- dairy products for children. Following question of choosing the right mea- tice Daily Nominal Dispensing (DNJ), this innovation in the food industry suring utensil (e.g.: kitchen spoon). the stick-pack is acclaimed because it packaging liquid or semi-solid forms in When the bottle is a dropper bottle, allows complete control for the dispen- stick-packs is increasingly being used it is often difficult to count the right sing of oral liquids. liquids. However, in the world of pharmaceuticals. In the number of drops. Tests carried out with few drugs currently exist in this form 2000s, ten years after the food industry several operators have shown that the and the therapeutic areas are limited involvement, Gaviscon (liquid for gas-® preparation of around fifty oral drops to gastroenterology, the treatment of trointestinalproblems) and Ketoderm® with a dropper bottle gives very ran- colds and more recently, the treatment (gel for seborrheic dermatitis), were dom results. Results also showed that of mild to moderate pain. However, launched along with a number of other even if a calibrated dosing container is certain treatments that require a very specialty products primarily in the provided, it is sometimes difficult not precise dosing, depending on the patho- OTC space. Is this a passing fad or are to be mistaken between the different logy (psychiatric pathologies with oral there real advantages being delivered colors and shapes of pipettes, cups and drops) or the patient’s weight (espe- by this innovative packaging? What is spoons. The dose line is not always cially with young children) do not align the real interest in liquid stick packs? clearly visible, thus, the dexterity and with the characteristics of stick-packs. visual acuity of each individual gives Dose safety fluctuating results as to the accuracy of Drug intake witness the measurement... More than one report from health ins- The stick-pack has an undeniable What could be more disturbing than titutions, identified the danger of drug advantage because of its pre-dosed to wonder if we; or if the patient has January - 2020 / The Pharmaceutical Post 01 91 RENROC TREPXE