NINETY PERCENT DRUG UTILIZATION IN PATIENTS OF UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Pharmacy (IRJP) - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 6
Abstract
DU studies include descriptive epidemiological approaches to the study of drug utilization, but also the assessment of how drug utilization relates to the effects of drug use, beneficial or adverse.28 Therefore, present DU study was undertaken to analyze the prescribing patterns in the URTI. This was an observational, prospective, cross sectional study. Total 200 subjects and their prescriptions were studied in which 100 subjects were from ENT department of civil hospital, Nashik, India and 100 were from private ENT hospital, Nashik, India. Drug Utilization Form was filled with the help of Prescribed Drugs and Interview of subjects. Study core indicators were studied. DU 90% was achieved with Amoxicillin, Azithromycin, Sulfamethoxazole + Trimethoprim and Cefixime which were the most prescribed drugs with having percentage of prescribing 52.5%, 22.5%, 7.5%, 6% respectively. The average number of drugs per prescription was 03. Present study showed that percentage of prescriptions with an antibiotic prescribed was 91.5%. Percentage of drugs prescribed from essential drug list was 56.75%. Drug Utilization study in URTI showed for treatment of URTI antibiotics were used as first line of treatment but it should be get used as per guidelines and as per indication. Patient care indicators and Prescribing indicators should be given the importance. Overall, awareness among the physicians should be get increased by doing Drug Utilization studies among other diseases also to make health care society more responsible and patient caring.
Authors and Affiliations
Lalit Patil, Avinash Khairnar
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