Prevalence and Prescribers’ Knowledge of Psychotropic Polypharmacy in the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions, Ghana
James Dumba,
Antwi Joseph Barimah,
Mohammed Mohammed Ibrahim
et al.
Abstract:The use of psychotropic medications for treating simple and complex psychological and emotional problems is common and relevant among prescribers. This, therefore, come with the tendency to prescribe many medications to a patient on a single visit due to varied reasons. The study, therefore, sought to ascertain the prevalence and prescribers’ knowledge of psychotropic polypharmacy. A quantitative, descriptive study was conducted using a simple random approach to select and review the prescription records of th… Show more
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