The potentially harmful excipients in prescribed medications in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Kosovo and available safer alternatives

Koshi, Blerina; Grapci, Arlinda Daka; Nebija, Dashnor; Selmani, Pranvera Breznica; Morina, Rina; Crcarevska, Maja Simonoska; Dodov, Marija Glavas; Raichki, Renata Slaveska

doi:10.24953/turkjped.2021.4136

The potentially harmful excipients in prescribed medications in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Kosovo and available safer alternatives

Journal

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Date Issued

2022

Author(s)

Koshi, Blerina

Grapci, Arlinda Daka

Nebija, Dashnor

Selmani, Pranvera Breznica

Morina, Rina

Crcarevska, Maja Simonoska

Dodov, Marija Glavas

Raichki, Renata Slaveska

DOI

10.24953/turkjped.2021.4136

Abstract

Medicinal products contain excipients that might be associated with toxicity in neonates. The aim of this study was to investigate the administration of medication containing potentially harmful excipients to neonates hospitalized in Kosovo and to identify the possibility of reducing neonatal exposure to these excipients through product substitution.