Survey on Drug Information Provided by the Government Hospital

Abstract

Worldwide, it is estimated that over half of all medicines are prescribed, dispensed or sold inappropriately, and that half of all patients fail to take their medicine correctly. Medicines are used rationally when patients receive the appropriate medicines, in doses that meet their own individual requirements, for an adequate period of time, and at the lowest cost both to them and their community. Irrational use occurs when one (or more) of these conditions is not met. In spite of available tools and information on how to measure medicines use and the intervention strategies needed to achieve this, irrational use continues to occur. This is wasteful, expensive and dangerous, both to the health of the individual patient and to the population as a whole. Inappropriate use of medicines, and the related illness and deaths, are not restricted to low-income countries.The scope of pharmacy practice includes more traditional roles such as compounding and dispensing medications, and it also includes more modern services related to patient care, including clinical services, reviewing medications for safety and efficacy, and providing drug information. Hospital pharmacy plays a pivotal role in patient care in a hospital. Hospital pharmacists serve as a link between physicians and patients to promote better patient outcomes. But it is matter of great regret that in Bangladesh, a developing country, people are totally unknown to the responsibilities of hospital pharmacist, even they do not seek for recruit for hospital pharmacist in any hospital except a few aristocrat hospitals. There is no Drug information center in any hospital in Bangladesh. More over, in out national Health Policy and National Drug Policy, there is no rules and regulation of giving prescribing information to the patients. So the patients remain out of this knowledge of right use of medication. To find out the drug information status with Prescription in Government Hospitals in Bangladesh, a survey programme was conducted in three areas namely Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital Faridpur Medical College Hospital and Madhukhali Thaana Health Complex and Tongi Government hospital. Firstly, the data was collected from the areas with the help of a prepared sample collection form and, then the analysis of the data and finding out the subjected outcomes. The main objective of the study was to improve the drug information pattern with prescription, to know about the health status of the patients. enhance the rational use of drug and ensure the proper public health care. The present study has limitations since only three areas were considered for the study and thus the results obtained are apparent but not exact for the national picture.