Prescribing Trend of Antihypertensive Drugs in Sri Ganganagar District: A Retrospective Study

2015 
Objective: The choice of drug for the treatment of hypertension changes at short intervals. Drug utilization studies conducted at regular intervals help to guide the physician in prescribing drugs rationally. The present study was done to analyze the prescribing patterns of antihypertensive drugs in a North Indian hospital. Material & method: A retrospective, cross sectional analysis of prescriptions of antihypertensive cases admitted in Medicine in-patient wards of civil hospital of Sri Ganganagar was conducted. All the prescription files with diagnosis of essential hypertension were analyzed. Prescriptions for hypertension with other co-morbid conditions were also included. Frequency and proportions of utilization of antihypertensive medications were charted and figured. Result: During the study period, there were 435 prescriptions for essential hypertension. The most frequently prescribed antihypertensive medications were: monotherapy (42.06%), (57.94%) of patients were on multiple drug therapy, the most favored fixed drug combination being diuretics with angiotensin receptor blockers (31.74%). Conclusion: The present study revealed that Angiotensin receptor blockers are the drugs of choice as monotherapy and as combination therapy for hypertensives. This pattern of prescription is also supported by the current JNC VIII guidelines for the treatment of hypertension.
    • Correction
    • Source
    • Cite
    • Save
    • Machine Reading By IdeaReader
    3
    References
    0
    Citations
    NaN
    KQI
    []