Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019
A Study of Drugs Being Prescribed to the Patients of Rheumatoid Arthritis Attending the Rheumatology Outpatient Department in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital: A Prospective Observational Study
Dr Adit Deshmukh, Dr Sangeeta Dabhade, Dr Balasaheb Ghongane
Abstract :
INTRODUCTION – Drug utilization studies assess appropriateness of pharmacotherapy. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease, which, if untreated, may result in degradation of joints.
OBJECTIVE – To evaluate the prescribed drugs according to WHO drug use indicators.
METHODS – Data collected included Demographics, details of medications prescribed for RA and other co–morbidities.
RESULTS – Average no of drugs per prescription were 4.98 � 1.21. Methotrexate was prescribed to every patient. Percentage of patients prescribed Single DMARD, Two DMARDS and Three DMARDS were 10%, 48% and 42% respectively. 99.38% and 90.68% of the Drugs for RA were prescribed from NLEM 2015 and 20th WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (March 2017) respectively.75.9% drugs were prescribed by Generic name.
CONCLUSION – The standard treatment guidelines for treatment of RA are followed. Drugs were mostly prescribed from the Essential drug lists. Majority of the drugs have been prescribed by generic names.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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A STUDY OF DRUGS BEING PRESCRIBED TO THE PATIENTS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ATTENDING THE RHEUMATOLOGY OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL: A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY, Dr Adit Deshmukh, Dr Sangeeta Dabhade, Dr Balasaheb Ghongane INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019
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A STUDY OF DRUGS BEING PRESCRIBED TO THE PATIENTS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ATTENDING THE RHEUMATOLOGY OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL: A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY, Dr Adit Deshmukh, Dr Sangeeta Dabhade, Dr Balasaheb Ghongane INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019
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