PHARMACOEPIDEMOLOGY OF PRESCRIBING DRUGS IN TERTAIRY CARE HOSPITAL IN CENTRAL INDIA: REWA, MADHYA PRADESH IN YEARS 2013-14.

PRABHAKAR SINGH; YASMEEN SIDDIQUI; SK MISHRA; KESHAV SINGH; AMBIKA ABHISHEK; ROSHANI SHRIVASTAVA

PHARMACOEPIDEMOLOGY OF PRESCRIBING DRUGS IN TERTAIRY CARE HOSPITAL IN CENTRAL INDIA: REWA, MADHYA PRADESH IN YEARS 2013-14.

Authors

PRABHAKAR SINGH Department of Pharmacology, S.S. Medical College, Rewa, (MP) – 486001.
YASMEEN SIDDIQUI Department of Physiology, S.S. Medical College, Rewa, (MP) – 486001.
SK MISHRA Department Of Pathology, S.S. Medical College, Rewa, (MP) – 486001.
KESHAV SINGH Department Of Medicine, S.S. Medical College, Rewa, (MP) – 486001.
AMBIKA ABHISHEK Department of Pharmacology, S.S. Medical College, Rewa, (MP) – 486001.
ROSHANI SHRIVASTAVA Integral Institute Of Medical Science & Research, Lucknow, (UP) – 226026.

Keywords:

Rational/ Irrational Prescriptions, WHO, Polypharmacy

Abstract

Irrational prescription of drugs is a common occurrence in clinical practice. The aim of study is to assessing the prescription
pattern of drugs at the Outpatient Department of tertiary care SGM hospital, central India, Madhya Pradesh. 3587
Prescriptions were randomly collected from OPDs departments and were analyzed according to the WHO/INRUD
indicators. Result of this study show that the maximum 43.57% patients attending OPD were belonging to 33-42 age
groups, maximum 34.54% prescriptions were belong to department of medicine. Nutritional supplements’ (25.83%),
NSAIDs (25.43%), Antibiotics (22.19%) and GIT drugs (18.75%) were most common prescribed groups. Maximum
(96.88%) drugs were prescribed by generic names. The average no of drugs per prescriptions was 3.11, most (36.71 %) of
prescriptions had 4 drugs, injectables used only 8.83%, while fixed dose combinations were used in 33.43% prescriptions.
Prescription rationality in this study is poor in terms of polypharmacy, and excessive use of nutritional supplements.

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2014-11-11

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PRABHAKAR SINGH, YASMEEN SIDDIQUI, SK MISHRA, KESHAV SINGH, AMBIKA ABHISHEK, and ROSHANI SHRIVASTAVA. “PHARMACOEPIDEMOLOGY OF PRESCRIBING DRUGS IN TERTAIRY CARE HOSPITAL IN CENTRAL INDIA: REWA, MADHYA PRADESH IN YEARS 2013-14.”. International Journal of Pharmaceutics and Drug Analysis, vol. 2, no. 11, Nov. 2014, pp. 830-6, https://ijpda.org/index.php/journal/article/view/125.