title: Provision of medicines in Ecuador.
abstract: Part of the drug budget in Ecuador goes on expensive, non-essential, or unsafe proprietary medicines, while many drugs considered necessary in developed countries are unavailable. The promotional activities of pharmaceutical companies are unchecked and objective drug information in scarce.
mesh_terms: D004345:Drug Industry / Q000592:standards; D004348:Drug Labeling; D004356:Drug Storage; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D004484:Ecuador; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug