Abdu, Nuru https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2426-4337
Tewelde, Tomas https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9671-4983
Jabir, Nerjis
Idrisnur, Saleh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8007-1153
Tesfamariam, Eyasu H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8462-0500
Article History
Received: 23 May 2024
Accepted: 3 September 2025
First Online: 29 September 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Ministry of Health Research Ethics and Protocol Review Committee (Ref. number: 020/01/2023). Besides, approval to conduct the study was obtained from the heads of the community chain pharmacies after presenting the research study proposal and demonstrating the ethical approval. In this study, data were collected retrospectively, thus the need for consent to participate was deemed unnecessary by the MOH Research Ethics and Protocol Review Committee (Ref. number: 020/01/2023). Information acquired from the prescriptions was kept confidential and used only for the purpose of the survey. Name of patients and prescribers were de-identified, and only collected information is reported. All data collection procedures were carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.