Prescribe Pattern of Drugs and Antimicrobials Preferences in the Department of ENT at Tertiary Care SGM Hospital, Rewa, MP, India

Indurkar Pallavi; Roshani Shrivastava; Amita Sharma; Prabhakar Singh

Prescribe Pattern of Drugs and Antimicrobials Preferences in the Department of ENT at Tertiary Care SGM Hospital, Rewa, MP, India

Indurkar Pallavi, Roshani Shrivastava, Amita Sharma, Prabhakar Singh

Abstract

Aims and Objectives The aim of this study is to analyze the prescription, determine the drug utilisation patterns and preferences of antimicrobials used in the Department of ENT OPD at a tertiary care hospital of central India, MP.
Materials and Methods The study was conducted in the Department of Pharmacology & ENT from September 2013 to June 2014. The prescriptions were collected randomly from the patients attending OPD of the ENT department; after taking the patients consent, a copy of the prescription was taken and analysed.
Results Total 316 prescriptions were analysed; most of the prescriptions (35.75%) belonged to the age group of 33–42 years, total 764 drugs were prescribed; in which maximum [34.29% (262)] belonged to antimicrobials group. Amongst antimicrobials (n = 262), fluoroquinolones [48.09% (126)] were the most frequently prescribed group followed by penicillin [37.40% (98)], and macrolides [11.83% (31)]. Overall, ciprofloxacin (24.42%) was most frequently prescribed antimicrobials (AMAs) followed by ofloxacin (22.13%), amoxicillin (16.03%), ampicillin (10.30%), azithromycin (7.25%), amoxicillin + cloxacillin (6.87%), amoxicillin + clavulanate (4.19%) and erythromycin (3.05%).
Conclusions Results of this study showed that AMAs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and nutritional supplements were the most frequently prescribed drug groups. Ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, amoxicillin and ampicillin are most commonly prescribed antimicrobials in decreasing order. The total number of drugs per prescription is slightly more than that of WHO guidelines.

Keywords

prescriptions, ear, nose and throat (ENT), outpatient department (OPD), antimicrobials, polypharmacy

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