Evaluation of Prescription and Rational Use of Antibiotics in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Authors

  • Mohammed Awezsalman Sri Indu Institute of Pharmacy, Facing Main Road, Sheriguda, Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy-501 510, Telangana, India
  • Praveen Gujjula Sri Indu Institute of Pharmacy, Facing Main Road, Sheriguda, Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy-501 510,Telangana, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26452/fjphs.v1i2.249

Keywords:

Rational Drugs, Antibiotics, Prescription, Tertiary Care Hospital

Abstract

The study aims to determine the prescribing practice and intellectual use of antibiotics patient in a peripheral care hospital. Estimating deserves clinical attention to therapy outcomes contrasting study on use of generic drug prescription as well as essential drug prescription. The present representational of your written report undergoes screen the prescription medicine tendencies of antibiotics in clients. During this report, 200 cases have been self-possessed during which dictates the overall medical care was once administrated for antibiotics in patient’s idea out an essential drug. The report used to be an easy potential observational report which was once carried out six months. The clients had been self-possessed according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Demographic characteristics showed that out of 200 patients, administration of drugs, to male were 121 (60.5 %) and female were 79 (39.5 %) and the maximum distribution of use of drugs was administered in the patients between the age group of middle age between 41-60 n=131 (65.5 %) and followed by young age 18-40 n= 37 (18.5 %) and old age of 60 years n=32 (16%). There was a high prevalence in the middle age group due to lifestyle habits, obesity, physical inactivity, smoking; alcoholism (males) unmasks blood sugar to rise. However, the prescription pattern of antibiotics drug utilization was most common in the therapy were monotherapy n=125 (62.5 %) followed by combination therapy n=75 (37.5 %) respectively. In this study the classes of drugs prescribed were Cephalosporins (25.5%), Quinolone antibiotics (12.5%), Macrolides (9.5%), Aminoglycosides (6%), Carbapenems (3.5%), Other antibiotics (2.5%), Tetracyclines (2%), Penicillins (1%) and Fixed-dose combinations (37.5). The results revealed that Fixed-dose combinations (37.5) were the choice of drugs prescribed in patients followed by Cephalosporins (25.5%) patients. 

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Published

2021-03-18

How to Cite

Mohammed Awezsalman, & Praveen Gujjula. (2021). Evaluation of Prescription and Rational Use of Antibiotics in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Future Journal of Pharmaceuticals and Health Sciences, 1(2), 71–76. https://doi.org/10.26452/fjphs.v1i2.249

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