1 in 3 don't know the right dose of antipyretic drugs

Johnson & Johnson Korea Announces Results of a Survey of 1,000 Consumers in the Age of 20 to 49

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With COVID-19, 9 out of 10 consumers have purchased antipyretic drugs within the past six months, but one in three still does not know the appropriate dosage, indicating that appropriate medication guidance is needed.

 

Johnson & Johnson Korea announced the results of a survey conducted on 1,000 consumers aged 20 to 49 in Korea on the 18th through Open Survey, a domestic research company.

 

The survey was designed to find out whether consumers are aware of the right dosage and information, and what factors affect purchase frequency, purchase purpose, and purchase as the demand for home remedies, including antipyretic analgesics, increases due to COVID-19 home treatment.

 

According to the survey results, 9 out of 10 consumers (90.5%) of consumers aged 20 to 49 had experience purchasing antipyretic drugs (including emergency medicines such as comprehensive cold medicines) within the past six months.

 

More than half (57.6%) of them felt that the frequency of purchasing antipyretic painkillers increased this year when home treatment began in earnest.

 

As for "Who is the most recently purchased antipyretic pain reliever (including OTC cold medicine) for?" more than half, 50.3%, said they purchased it for "the whole family." 31.7% of the respondents said they did not know the appropriate dosage of antipyretic analgesics they usually take.

 

Young people tended not to purchase specific brands.

 

Six out of 10 (61.9%) said they did not know whether the antipyretic drug brand they usually buy was an original or generic drug.

 

In addition, 78.7% of the respondents said they considered the "effect" the most important thing when purchasing antipyretic drugs, followed by safety (49.2%), brand (33.5%), ease of purchase (20.7%), and price (16.5%).

 

As a result of the survey on "What is the original drug antipyretic pain reliever you know", 89.8% chose "Tylenol".

 

58.6% of the respondents chose "intention" to buy original medicines for those who have purchased antipyretic drugs within the past six months.

 

Among the reasons for thinking that way (multiple responses), "safety data accumulated as long as they were sold (72.7%)" and "confidence given by original" (70.4%) were the most common.

 

In particular, 78.9% of them said that originality is more important when purchasing medicines than general foods.

 

The intention to purchase the original medicine was especially evident from consumers aged 20 to 49 who said they had purchased antipyretic drugs.

 

An official from Johnson & Johnson Korea said, "The antipyretic pain reliever such as comprehensive cold medicines, has become a must-have item in the home, with 90.5% of consumers aged 20 to 49 saying they have purchased within six months." He said, "It is encouraging that interest in proper dosage is increasing as the demand for antipyretic drugs increases, but one in three people still say they do not know the proper dosage, so we will continue to work hard to provide consumer information such as medication guidance."

Source: Johnson & Johnson, Korea