E-DRUG: Rational Drug Use in Punjab, PAKISTAN
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Dear All,
Greetings from Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine (JPPCM)!
This study was conducted to assess the drug use patterns at four
government hospitals from major cities of Pakistan by using WHO drug
use indicators. Results showed that on average, 3.53 drugs were being
prescribed per encounter. Percentage of antibiotics prescribed was
69.9% and the use of injection was 34.95%. Only 39.5% drugs were being
prescribed by their generic names. Mean consultation time and
dispensing time in the four hospitals were 3.64 minutes and 51.91
seconds respectively.
Only about 73.47% of prescribed drugs was being
actually dispensed. On the average, only 3.96% prescriptions were
adequately labelled and 54.98% of the patients were found to have
adequate knowledge regarding drug dose. Availability of drugs was also
not satisfactory though; greater but not all drugs were being
prescribed from EDL. The results indicate that there is urgent need
for improving rational drug use, availability of drugs and educate the
patients about drug use.
For full text:
http://www.jppcm.org/article/28
kind regards,
Akram Ahmad, PharmD, BPharm
Department of Clinical Pharmacy,
UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mob. No.+6-01112285842
Editor-in-chief:
Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine (www.jppcm.org)
akram ahmad <akrampharma67@gmail.com>