Drug utilization pattern in OPD of government dental college and hospital, Aurangabad

Kulkarni, Madhuri; Baig, Mirza Shiraz; Hussaini, Samra A.; Doifode, S. M.

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“…3 Drug utilization data may be used to produce crude estimates of disease prevalence also. 4 Although, a number of studies have been undertaken to study the drug prescribing pattern of different medical and dental colleges, but no study was conducted to evaluate drug utilization pattern of outpatient department of Medicine in Ashwini Medical College, Kumbhari. [4][5][6][7][8][9]…”

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Drug utilisation study in medicine outpatient department at Ashwini Rural Medical College, Kumbhari, Solapur, India

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Waghmare

2019

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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Background: Drug utilization studies are used to analyze different aspects of the use of drugs and to implement methods of improving therapeutic quality. This study was conducted to study drug prescription pattern in Medicine Outpatient Department (OPD) in Ashwini Rural Medical College, Kumbhari. Methods: Six hundred prescriptions were screened & analyzed as per the study parameters at Medicine OPD of Ashwini Rural Medical College, Kumbhari. Study parameters like demographic profile of the patient like age, sex and diagnosis were recorded. Doctor details and patient details like age, sex and address were analyzed. Also, groups of drugs commonly prescribed, number of drugs per patient, drug profile and drawbacks of prescription if any were recorded and analyzed. Results: Most common group of drugs prescribed by physicians were Analgesics (21.84%), followed by Drugs for Peptic ulcer (17.92%) and Multivitamins/multimineral (14.70%). The average number of drugs prescribed per patient was 2.38. The incidence of Polypharmacy was common occurrence and some prescriptions had small drawbacks like absence of diagnosis, absence of doctor's signature, etc. Conclusions: Authors conclude that most of the prescriptions which were analyzed at Ashwini Rural Medical College Hospital, Kumbhari, were according to the standard norms of WHO prescriptions and also most of the drugs prescribed were from the list of essential drug list. But still there is scope for improvement in prescription pattern.

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Drug utilisation study in medicine outpatient department at Ashwini Rural Medical College, Kumbhari, Solapur, India

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Waghmare

2019

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“…3 Drug utilization data may be used to produce crude estimates of disease prevalence also. 4 Although, a number of studies have been undertaken to study the drug prescribing pattern of different medical and dental colleges. 4,5,6,7,8,9 but no study was conducted to evaluate drug utilization pattern of R.C.S.M.…”

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Drug Utilization Pattern in Throat Infection in Outpatient Department of Government Medical College and CPR Hospital, Kolhapur

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“…3 Drug utilization data may be used to produce crude estimates of disease prevalence also. 4 Although, a number of studies have been undertaken to study the drug prescribing pattern of different medical and dental colleges [4][5][6][7][8][9] , but no study was conducted to evaluate drug utilization pattern of R.C.S.M. Government Medical College and C.P.R.…”

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Drug utilization pattern in outpatient department of Government Medical College and C.P.R. Hospital, Kolhapur

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Ramanand

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Background: Drug utilization studies are used to analyze different aspects of the use of drugs and to implement methods of improving therapeutic quality. This study was conducted to study drug prescription pattern in outpatient department of Government Medical College and C.P.R. Hospital, Kolhapur which is one of the important medical college in western Maharashtra. Methods: One thousand prescriptions were screened & analyzed as per the study parameters from OPD of Government Medical College & C.P.R. Hospital, Kolhapur. Study parameters like demographic profile of the patient like age, sex and diagnosis were recorded. Also groups of drugs commonly prescribed, number of drugs per patient, drug profile and drawbacks of prescription if any were recorded and analyzed. Results: Most common group of drugs prescribed by physicians was Analgesics (32.83%), followed by Antimicrobials (22.82%), Multivitamins (16.42%) and Antacids (9.14%). The average number of drugs prescribed per patient was four; the average number of analgesic was one. The incidence of polypharmacy was common occurrence and some prescriptions had small drawbacks like absence of diagnosis, absence of doctor’s signature, etc. Conclusions: We conclude that most of the prescriptions which were analyzed at R.C.S.M. Government Medical College and C.P.R. Hospital, Kolhapur, were according to the standard norms of WHO prescriptions and also most of the drugs prescribed were from the list of essential drug list. But still there is scope for improvement in prescription pattern. [Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol 2013; 2(4.000): 403-406

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Drug utilization pattern in OPD of government dental college and hospital, Aurangabad

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Drug utilisation study in medicine outpatient department at Ashwini Rural Medical College, Kumbhari, Solapur, India

Drug utilisation study in medicine outpatient department at Ashwini Rural Medical College, Kumbhari, Solapur, India

Drug Utilization Pattern in Throat Infection in Outpatient Department of Government Medical College and CPR Hospital, Kolhapur

Drug utilization pattern in outpatient department of Government Medical College and C.P.R. Hospital, Kolhapur

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