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Analysis of Information About Medicines Available on Facebook

Analysis of Information About Medicines Available on Facebook

Samrat Kumar Mukherjee, Jitendra Kumar Kumar, Sushil Kumar Pareek, Ajeya K. Jha
Copyright: © 2022 |Volume: 18 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 13
ISSN: 1548-3673|EISSN: 1548-3681|EISBN13: 9781799893868|DOI: 10.4018/IJeC.290299
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Mukherjee, Samrat Kumar, et al. "Analysis of Information About Medicines Available on Facebook." IJEC vol.18, no.1 2022: pp.1-13. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJeC.290299

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Mukherjee, S. K., Kumar, J. K., Pareek, S. K., & Jha, A. K. (2022). Analysis of Information About Medicines Available on Facebook. International Journal of e-Collaboration (IJeC), 18(1), 1-13. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJeC.290299

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Mukherjee, Samrat Kumar, et al. "Analysis of Information About Medicines Available on Facebook," International Journal of e-Collaboration (IJeC) 18, no.1: 1-13. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJeC.290299

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Abstract

There are many anxieties have been shown and perceived by the experts for SMP of medicines. This procedure of DTCA can be reciprocated, and one of the reason is the platform is uncontrolled; the advantages of the medicines could be exaggerated compared to the disadvantages. Also, patients can share their own experience of using medicine on social networking sites. There is a high probability for the patients to be exposed to ambiguous, contradicting, and confusing information about medicines on social media. Our focal point is to inspect how drug pages in social media influencing the overall population or web-based media clients. We tried to investigate the data available on Facebook pages of popular drugs. Many social media users often go through the content posted on social networking sites. Patients and their family members are likely to be exposed to drug product claims while looking for information about medicines of a specific disease on social media.

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