Physician and Patient Preferences for Sustained Release Antihypertensive Preparations in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana (original) (raw)

Abstract

Background: Non-adherence to therapy is a major reason for the low control rate of hypertension in Ghana today. Sustained release (SR) antihypertensive preparations are useful in promoting adherence to therapy because of the reduced daily dosing frequency, stable drug levels and reduced toxicity which enhances compliance. One major concern about SR antihypertensives is whether they can be substituted with one another to produce the same effect. Objectives: This study sought to determine the preferences of physicians and patients for various SR antihypertensive medications in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana. The views of the respondents on whether the brands of the most used SR antihypertensive were therapeutically equivalent and interchangeable were ascertained. Methods: Seventy-three (73) community pharmacies, 66 doctors and 150 patients in 50 public, private and mission hospitals and clinics within the Kumasi metropolis were purposively sampled. Respondents were interviewed via int...

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