Drug utilization pattern in medical OPD of Govt. tertiary care teaching hospital with special emphasis on cardiovascular system

Drug Utilization Patterns in the Emergency Department of Najran University Hospital, Najran

“…[7] The development of twin concepts of therapeutic formularies and essential drug lists are the major reason for studying drug utilization. [8] Drug utilization pattern varies from countries to countries and even among hospital within the same country and sometime within the same hospital at different point of time possibly because of changing disease trends over a period of time. [7,9] Pattern of drug utilization is studied to estimate the incidence and prevalence of drug use, to analyze that the recommended guidelines for prescription are being followed or not.…”