Drug Prescription Pattern Of Out Patients In A Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital In Gannavaram, Andhrapradesh.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 2
Abstract
Drug utilization research will increase our understanding of how drugs are being used by estimating to what extent drugs are properly used , over used, or under used, drug utilization research may also enable us assess whether intervention s undertaken to improve drugs use have had the desired impact by monitoring and evaluating the effect of measures taken to improve undesirable patterns of drug .[1]our aim of study to assessing prescribing pattern of out patients in tertiary care hospital whether rational or irrational ,and awareness of essential drugs among physicians , and awareness of antimicrobial use guidelines and protocols. In our study total 512 prescriptions were analysed ,the most group of drug prescribed was analgesics (26%), followed by Multivitamin(15%) and Antiboitics (12%), proton pump inhibitors (10%), anti histaminics (5%), anti hypertensives (4%) anti diabetics (4%), skin & steroids (3%) and miscellaneous (11%).The prescribing pattern in this study are not satisfactory as result reflect poly pharmacy and over prescription of antiboitics. from this study we can conclude that we have increase awareness of rational prescription and essential drugs by conducting seminars and work shops.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr . Yamini, V Dr Madhav P, Dr Sankara Babu Gorle, Samanvitha .
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