Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2018

STUDY OF DRUG UTILISATION PATTERN OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE

Dr Arun Kumar Shrivastav, Dr Supriya Sharma

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OBJECTIVE: To document the utilisation profile of various antihypertensive drugs in the IPD patients of tertiary care hospital.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Study included retrospective retrieval of data from patients admitted in Medicine ward of MGM hospital, Navi Mumbai from Dec 2012 to April 2013. The data was scrutinised for presence of hypertension and the drugs used to control it during hospital stay. RESULTS: Total of 208 patients were studied. The male to female ratio was (2.58:1). In males the age range was 30 to 78 yrs whereas in females it was 40 –68 yrs. Associated diseases were Diabetes, Ischemic heart disease,Bronchial–asthma,Obesity,Chronic renal failure, Congestive cardiac failure.Most commonly used drug was olmesartan [angiotensin receptor blocker;ARB] followed by telmesartan (ARB), followed by combination of ARB plus diuretic ,then ACE inhibitor and calcium channel blocker as a single drug therapy followed by beta blocker alone followed by beta blocker plus calcium channel blocker.CONCLUSION: ARBs were found to be the most preferred drugs prescribed for hypertension in both males and females.

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DR ARUN KUMAR SHRIVASTAV, DR SUPRIYA SHARMA, STUDY OF DRUG UTILISATION PATTERN OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-5 | May-2018

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