Prescription Trends Of Analgesic For Outpatients At Three South-West Cities In Bangladesh (original) (raw)

2016

Abstract

Analgesics prescribing by physicians have gained due importance across the globe. The present study is aimed to evaluate the physicians prescribing pattern of analgesics, their usages by outpatients in three cities of Bangladesh. This cross sectional health survey was carried out with a self- designed standard questionnaire by manual data collection over a one month period (09-12-2015 to 10-01-2016) at three adjacent cities Jessore Sadar, Jhikargacha and Chowgacha upazila respectively. A total of 300 prescriptions were collected and 46 local pharmacies were selected for data collection about daily sales of analgesics. The highest prescribed analgesic groups were diclofenac (27%), aceclofenac (24%), ketorolac (16%), paracetamol (17%), naproxen (4%), ibuprofen (3%), etoricoxib (4%), indomethacin (1%) and others (4%). However, among the total prescriptions observed, 60% female patients and 30-45 years aged people were relaying completely on prescription to use analgesic medications. Ke...

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