Patterns of prescription in a psychiatry out-patient department in a tertiary teaching hospital
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Pharmacology - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: There is constantly increasing prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in Jammu and Kashmir State. Study of prescription pattern helps us to monitor, evaluate and if necessary suggest modifications in prescribing pattern so as to make medical care rational and cost effective. Aim: To analyze the drug prescribing pattern in outdoor patients of psychiatry department of Government Medical College Jammu, a tertiary care teaching hospital. Material and Methods: A total of 700 prescriptions of psychiatric outpatients were evaluated. Each patient’s demographic and clinical profiles, disease classification, pharmacological class of drug prescribed, dosage, banned drug formulations, generic versus brand drugs, average number of drugs per prescription was noted down. Results: Average number of drugs prescribed was calculated to be 2.63. Total number of 1752 psychotropic drugs with a range of 1 to 5 were prescribed, average being 2.50. Drugs prescribed by generic name were 7.83%. In 297 (42.43%) three psychotropic drugs were prescribed whereas five drugs were prescribed in 5 (0.71%) prescriptions. Conclusion: Prescription pattern of the psychotropic drugs were in accordance to the recommendations of various treatment guidelines. However, polypharmacy level was high. Overall drug prescribing by generic name and from EDL need to be increased to control the drug costs in the health service.
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Rashmi Sharma, Brij Mohan Gupta, Rakesh Banal
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