Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

Drug utilization pattern in outpatient departments of tertiary care teaching hospital in U.P.

Dr. Ram Singh Verma

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Aims and Objective: To evaluate Drug utilization pattern in outpatient department of tertiary care teaching hospital. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out at Outpatient Department in a tertiary care teaching hospital to evaluate the Drug utilization pattern during period of November 2018 to April 2019. Results: Most common group of drugs prescribed by physicians was multivitamin and minerals followed by NSAIDs. The average number of drugs prescribed per patient was 4.1. Polypharmacy was common in prescriptions. Conclusion: Most of the prescriptions were according to the standard norms of WHO prescriptions and prescribed from the list of essential drug list (India). Present study was done to provide feedback to the clinicians about the rational use of medicines.

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DRUG UTILIZATION PATTERN IN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL IN U.P., Dr. Ram Singh Verma INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2019

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