Affiliation:
1. Department of Pharmacology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi 110 002, India
2. Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi 110 002, India
Abstract
Prescribing habits of interns posted at a primary health centre for a period of 2 months (January 1994 and February 1994) were studied. Among the 1457 prescriptions collected, the average number of drugs per prescription was 2.47. The commonest groups of drugs prescribed were antibiotics (33.9%), analgesics and anti-inflammatories (17.0%), vitamins (13.0%), cough syrups (10.5%) and antihistamines (8.6%). The use of injectables was uncommon (0.9%). Most of the drugs prescribed were from the local drugs list of the centre (84.2%) consisting of 36 drugs. The list contained 20 drugs with proprietary names of which six were fixed-dose combinations. The local drug list needs modification. The proportion of drugs prescribed by generic name was 49.5%. As per Kunin's criteria, 57.9% of the antibiotics used were appropriate. Interns often forget to write the diagnosis (43%), signs and symptoms (50.2%), dosages and frequency of treatment. The result of this baseline study may be useful in promoting the education necessary in order to achieve the objectives of good prescribing.
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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