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Antitussiva und Expektorantien

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Seit 1995 sind die Verordnungen der Antitussiva und der Expektorantien stark zurückgegangen. Hauptgrund des rückläufigen Trends ist die zweifelhafte Wirksamkeit dieser Substanzen. Auch der Ausschluss rezeptfreier Arzneimittel aus der Erstattung hat die Abnahme des Verordnungsvolumens seit 2004 weiter beschleunigt. Im Jahre 2015 ist – wenn auch auf niedrigem Niveau – erstaunlicherweise eine Zunahme der Verordnungen festzustellen.

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Lemmer, B. (2016). Antitussiva und Expektorantien. In: Schwabe, U., Paffrath, D. (eds) Arzneiverordnungs-Report 2016. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-50351-5_20

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