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Seventy-ninth Session Agenda item 7.2
USE OF ALCOHOL IN MEDICINES
EB79/Conf.Paper No. 6 21 January 1987
(Draft resolution proposed by Dr J . M . A a s h i , Dr Aleya H . A y o u b , Dr W . K o i n a n g e , Dr J . L a r i v i è r e , Mr В. V . McKay and Dr Frank E . Y o u n g；
The Executive Board,
Following its review of the Report by ttie Director-General on the use of alcohol in medicines ;i
RECOMMENDS to the Fortieth World Health Assembly the adoption of the fol丄owing resolution：
The Fortieth World Health A s s e m b l y ,
Aware of the risks of excessive alcohol consumption to the individual's health;
Noting that alcohol is present in many m e d i c i n e s , including medicine administered to children, in unnecessary concentrations which may even have a deleterious effect；
Recognizing the harmful effects of alcotiol, especially during pregnancy, and the interactions that take place when alcohol is taken at the same time as other medicines;
Noting the increasing concern felt by physicians and pharmacists at the unnecessary and improper use of alcohol in m e d i c i n e s ;
Taking into account the feasibility, proved by scientific r e s e a r c h , of replacing alcohol in many medicines by non-alcoholic substances without affecting the efficacy of the medicines;
Noting that acceptance of the concept of the use of essential drugs in accordance with previous resolutions of the World Health Assembly should exclude a large number of medicines on the market which contain alcohol;
Taking note of resolution EM/RC32/K.9 on the use of alcohol in medicaments adopted by tue Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean at its thirty-second session;
丄. URGES Member States：
(1) to reconsider ttie registration of medicines containing alcohol as an active ingredient with a view to reducing its use as much as f e a s i b l e , in particular where alcohol can be replaced by a nona丄coliolic substance;
(2) to take steps to reduce as much as possible the alcohol concentration in medicine in cases where no effective alternative to alcohol is available;
1 Document EB79/9.
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(3) to make a comprehensive inventory of a丄丄 pharmaceutical preparations containing alcohol in their c o u n t r i e s , stating the indications for the use of alcohol in those preparations;
(4) to intensify e f f o r t s , and encourage scientific research, to find alternative pharmaceutical preparations which contain no alcohol and are equal丄y effective;
2 . REQUESTS the Director-General:
(1) to provide Member States with the technological assistance and information necessary to undertake the above-mentioned activities;
(2) to follow up the implementation of this resolution and report on action taken in this regard.
