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Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research



    Evaluation of Prescription Pattern of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Tertiary Care Hospital


    Ravin Vijay R
    JCDR. 2021: 2397-2401

    Abstract

    To evaluate prescription pattern of anti-inflammatory drugs in tertiary care hospital. Material and Methods: We enrolled 120 patients and parameters such as average number of drugs per encounter, average number of NSAIDs per encounter, percentage of encounters with NSAIDs prescribed, percentage of encounters with an injection of NSAID prescribed, percentage of encounters with nonselective NSAIDs prescribed, percentage of encounters with selective COX-2 NSAIDs prescribed, percentage of NSAIDs prescribed by generic names, percentage of NSAIDs prescribed from NLEM, percentage of encounters with a fixed dose combination of NSAIDs prescribed and percentage of encounters with NSAIDs and gastroprotective agent co-prescribed were recorded. Results: Age group <18 years comprised of 12 males and 15 females, age group 18-49 years had 20 males and 22 females and >50 years had 33 males and 18 females. NSAIDS prescribed were aspirin in 5%, ibuprofen in 11%, paracetamol in 15%, diclofenac in 17%, aceclofenac in 12%, etoricoxib in 28%, piroxicam in 4% and etodolac in 8%. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Average number of drugs per encounter was 2.24%, average number of NSAIDs per encounter was 1.37%, percentage of encounters with NSAIDs prescribed was 100%, percentage of encounters with an injection of NSAIDs prescribed was 0, percentage of encounters with nonselective NSAIDs prescribed was 72%, percentage of encounters with selective COX-2 NSAIDs prescribed was 28%, percentage of NSAIDs prescribed by generic names was 94%, percentage of NSAIDs prescribed from NLEM was 63.5%, percentage of encounters with a fixed dose combination of NSAIDs prescribed was 26.5% and percentage of encounters with NSAIDs and gastroprotective agent co-prescribed was 38%. Conclusion: Among COX-1 inhibitors, Diclofenac was the most commonly prescribed NSAIDs from NLEM, and Etoricoxib was found to be the most commonly prescribed among COX- 2 inhibitors.

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    Volume 12 Issue 4

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