Prescription Pattern in the Department Of Medicine of a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India
Published: February 1, 2010 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2010/.635
MOHANTY BK*, ASWINI M**, HASAMNIS AA***, PATIL SS****, MURTY KSN*****, JENA SK******
* (MD), Associate Professor, Pharmacology Unit, AIMST University, (Malaysia)** Undergraduate Medical student, GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry, (India)*** (MD), Lecturer, Pharmacology Unit, AIMST University, (Malaysia)**** (MD), Lecturer, Community Medicine Unit, AIMST University, (Malaysia),*****(MD),Professor and HOD, Department of
Pharmacology,GSLMedicalCollege, Rajahmundry,(India),******(MD),AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofCommunityMedicine,GSLMedicalCollege,Rajahmundry, (India)
Correspondence
Hasamnis AA,Faculty of Medicine, AIMST University,Semeling, Sungai Petani, Kedah,Malaysia, 08100.E-mail: ameyadoc@rediffmail.com,Phone No.: +60175044972,Fax No:+6044298000
The study was carried out to find the prescribing behaviour in the medicine out-patient department of a tertiary care hospital in Rajahmundry, India. Prescriptions of 608 patients were collected over a period of 1 month. The analysis indicated that 57.7 % of drugs prescribed had no mention in the National and State Essential Drug List. Moreover the use of antibiotics (57.24%) and fixed dose combinations of various drugs (32.57%) was comparatively more as compared to earlier studies done in India. Irrational prescribing of drugs is a major health concern in developing countries like India. High power salesmanship also plays a key role in the prescribing behaviour of doctors. There is always scope for improving the prescribing habitsof clinicians.
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