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. 2010 Jan;27(1):8-10.
doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.59261.

Prescription pattern in asthma therapy at Gorakhpur hospitals

Awanish Pandey  1 , Poonam Tripathi, Rishabh Dev Pandey
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Prescription pattern in asthma therapy at Gorakhpur hospitals

Awanish Pandey et al. Lung India. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

Objectives: This prescription-monitoring study was conducted to establish the drug-prescribing trend of anti-asthmatic drugs in various hospitals of Gorakhpur.

Setting: The study covered three famous hospitals of Gorakhpur.

Patients and methods: Hundred patients were studied using a prescription auditing performa. Data was recorded from the patient's attending the out patient department using a chance random sample method for two months. Patients who co- operated were interviewed and information was filled in the performa.

Results: The results suggested that b-agonist (40%) were the most frequently prescribed anti-asthmatic drugs followed by Methylxanthine (27%), corticosteroids (25%), leukotriene antagonist (4.4%) and anti-histaminics (3.6%) was the least prescribed. Analysis of prescription revealed that multiple drug therapy (81%) was opted for a significant number of patients as compared to single drug therapy (19%). Contrary to popular belief, oral dosage form tablets (56.3%) were preferred over inhalation (33.8%).

Conclusion: It is concluded that the present prescribing pattern of anti-asthmatics in Gorakhpur does not completely meet standard guidelines of asthma treatment. Hence there is a need to encourage physicians of Gorakhpur to follow the guidelines while treating asthma.

Keywords: Prescription-monitoring; asthma; out patient department.

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