Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

Prescribing Pattern of antihypertensive drugs in a tertiary care teaching hospital

Dr. Ram Singh Verma

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Aims and Objective: To evaluate the prescribing pattern of antihypertensive drugs in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out at Outpatient Department of Medicine in a tertiary care teaching hospital to evaluate the prescribing pattern of antihypertensive drugs during period of November 2018 to April 2019. Results: In present study, 68.1% patients received monotherapy while 31.9%% received combination therapy. In monotherapy, ACEIs were most commonly prescribed antihypertensive drugs while in combination therapy ARB + Diuretics were most commonly prescribed. Conclusion: In our study, we observed that ACEIs were most commonly prescribed antihypertensive drug. Combination therapy was usually prescribed to those patients who have associated risk factors and co–morbid condition

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PRESCRIBING PATTERN OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL, Dr. Ram Singh Verma INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2019

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