Medicines used in mental, neurological and substance use disorders in Gauteng, South Africa: A secondary analysis of the 2017-2018 provincial pharmaceutical database, Part 1.

Less than 4% of provincial medicines expenditure was on medicines for MNS disorders, of which almost 78.4% of expenditure was on anti-epileptics and antipsychotics. With limited financial resources, evaluation of procurement patterns raises awareness of relative costs.