Abstract:
Irrational drug use and inappropriate prescription of drugs are major problems in developing
countries, and so drug use patterns need to be evaluated. The objective of the study was to
investigate the prescribing patterns of NSAIDs and multivitamins in the Out-patient hospital and
Pharmacy Department of different area of Bangladesh.. Prescriptions were obtained from
patients visiting private and public hospitals in different areas of Dhaka and outside of Dhaka
like khulna, Barisal,shylet,Chittagong and others. . Here the evaluation of prescription was
based on the % of NSAID drugs prescribed,% of EDL drugs prescribed among NSAID,% ,% of
different NSAID generic prescribed, % of different companies NSAID drug prescribed. The
Total number of prescription was 1600,. The extent of prescribing drugs by generic name was
almost zero, and the percentage of prescription of essential drugs was 54.98%. NSAIDs were
prescribed in 33.8% of the prescriptions, with aspirin , paracetamol and diclofenac being the
most frequently prescribed NSAIDs. The proportion of prescribed NSAIDS in different
depertment of specislist are. medicine (52.68%), orthopedics (18.11%), pediatrics (13.30%) and
gynocologists (7.94%) were prescribed among them 30% generic are aspirin and 50% generic
contain paracetamol . in this analysis we found that the most dominating brands are ACE from
square (21%),napa from baximco (18%),ecospirin from acme (17%) and diclofenac from
opsonin(16%) cover the market.The prescribers did not follow the WHO core prescribing
indicators well (as 46% did not follow EDL list) and deviated from good prescribing practices.
Description:
This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
