Volume 12, Number 3—March 2006
Research
Medication Sales and Syndromic Surveillance, France
Table 1
Classes of drugs likely to be prescribed or purchased for influenzalike illnesses
Medication |
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Cephalosporin*† |
Cough suppressant with another medication*† |
Cough suppressant with bronchial-pulmonary antimicrobial drug*† |
Expectorant*† |
Topical nose cream*† |
General rhinosinusitis preparation* |
Macrolide* |
Nasal decongestant* |
Nonnarcotic analgesic* |
Other antimicrobial agent* |
Penicillin* |
Rhinocorticoids without antiinflammatory agent* |
Tetracycline in association with another medication* |
Vitamin C only* |
Pharyngeal antiinflammatory decongestant |
Antiviral except anti-HIV |
Cough suppressant only |
Nasal antiinflammatory except corticoids |
Vitamin C in association with another medication |
*Significant (p<0.05) medication classes that were included in the 1-, 2-, and 3-week-ahead national predictive models.
†Medication classes included in >50% of regional predictive models.
1Both authors contributed equally to this research.