A prospective study of the pattern of drug use in primary dysmenorrhea in a tertiary care hospital
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics (IJRPP) - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Aim To study the pattern of drug use in primary dysmenorrhea in a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods This prospective study of nine months duration was carried in Obstetrics and Gynecology OPD, in a tertiary care teaching hospital among 100 patients with PD. The analysis was done for the pattern of drug use, prescribing frequency of individual drug, to evaluate association between severity of dysmenorrhea and prescription pattern and adequacy of prescription details. Results The mean age of the patients was 22.32 ± 4.5 years. Majority (61%) of patients experienced severe dysmenorrhea. Mefenamic acid with dicyclomine combination was most frequently (72%) prescribed, followed by mefenamic acid alone (16%) and diclofenac (12%) and none were prescribed hormonal preparations. Although majority (43%) of the patients with severe dysmenorrhea were prescribed mefenamic acid with dicyclomine combination, the severity of dysmenorrhea did not influence the prescription pattern and choice of drug (p>.05). Instructions regarding dose, frequency and duration of drug administration were present in the prescriptions. Conclusion In our present study, NSAIDs and their combination with antispasmodics were prescribed most frequently. Majority of the drugs were prescribed by their brand names. Instructions regarding the prophylactic benefit of NSAIDs were not present in the prescriptions.
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Ramya Sugumar
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