Prevalence estimates of substandard drugs in Mongolia using a random sample survey

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Table 6 Sample analysis for drugs by acceptability from rural provinces

	Amoxicillin		Ampicillin		Bromhexin		Co-trimoxazole		Doxycycline		Ibuprofen		Metronidazole		Nystatin		Paracetamol		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Not acceptable
Assay	2	1%	0	0%	0	0%	6	2%	4	1%	11	4%	17	6%	7	3%	4	2%	51	2%
Disintegration	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	1	0%	0	0%	5	2%	1	0%	0	0%	0	0%	7	0%
Dissolution	1	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	5	2%	2	1%	0	0%	3	1%	11	0%
Friction	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	5	1%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	5	0%
Wt average	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	1	0%	0	0%	0	0%	15	5%	0	0%	0	0%	16	1%
Wt variation	1	0%	0	0%	0	0%	3	1%	1	0%	5	2%	12	4%	0	0%	5	2%	27	1%
Not acceptable total	4	1%	0	0%	0	0%	16	5%	5	2%	26	9%	47	16%	7	3%	12	5%	117	4%
Acceptable
Appearance	46	14%	40	14%	41	17%	47	14%	43	14%	43	14%	41	14%	49	17%	38	14%	388	15%
Assay	44	13%	40	14%	41	17%	41	12%	39	13%	32	11%	24	8%	42	14%	34	13%	337	13%
Disintegration	46	14%	40	14%	41	17%	46	14%	43	14%	38	13%	40	14%	49	17%	38	14%	381	14%
Dissolution	45	14%	40	14%	2	1%	5	1%	43	14%	38	13%	39	14%	0	0%	35	13%	247	9%
Friction	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	40	12%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	40	2%
Identification	46	14%	40	14%	41	17%	47	14%	43	14%	43	14%	41	14%	49	17%	38	14%	388	15%
Irradiance absorption	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	5	2%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	5	0%
Substantial	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	2	1%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	2	0%
Water	4	1%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	4	0%
Wt average	46	14%	40	14%	41	17%	46	14%	43	14%	43	14%	26	9%	49	17%	38	14%	372	14%
Wt variation	45	14%	40	14%	41	17%	44	13%	42	14%	38	13%	29	10%	49	17%	33	12%	361	14%
Acceptable total	322	99%	280	100%	248	100%	318	95%	301	98%	275	91%	240	84%	287	97%	254	95%	2525	96%
Grand total	326	100%	280	100%	248	100%	334	100%	306	100%	301	100%	287	100%	294	100%	266	100%	2642	100%