*: -drug amount in IU
Our
analysis revealed that doxorubicin (37.4%) had the highest amount of
drug wastage, followed by cytarabine (35%) and L-asparaginase (26.9%),
which were prescribed for acute lymphocytic leukaemia.
For infrequently prescribed drugs, single administrations of irinotecan
for primitive neuroectodermal tumours and fludarabine for acute myeloid
leukaemia resulted in 85% and 68% of drug wastage, respectively.
However, no drug wastage was observed for bortezomib, carboplatin,
dactinomycin, and ifosfamide, as shown in Table 3 .