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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Drug prescription pattern in a Nigerian Tertiary hospital
Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Volume 11, No. 1, Year 2012
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Purpose: To evaluate the prescribing pattern of clinicians in the general outpatient unit of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano (AKTH),. Methods: This was a descriptive retrospective study conducted using 500 prescriptions made at the general outpatient unit of AKTH between April and July 2009. Results: A total of 497 prescriptions were successfully analyzed. The average number of drugs per encounter in the facility was 3.04. Generic prescribing was low at 42.7 % while antibiotic prescription was high at 34.4 %. Injections were prescribed in 4 % of encounters while 36.2, 19.1, 25.8 and 1 % of encounters had analgesics, antimalarials, antihypertensives and anxiolytics prescribed, respectively. Vitamins were prescribed in 9.7 % of encounters. Conclusion: Polypharmacy, low rate of generic prescriptions and overuse of antibiotics still remain a problem in health care facilities in Nigeria. This calls for sustained interventional strategies and periodic audit at all levels of health care to avoid the negative consequences of inappropriate prescriptions. © Pharmacotherapy Group. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Tamuno, Igbiks
Nigeria, Kano
Bayero University
Fadare, Joseph Olusesan
Nigeria
Federal Medical Centre Nigeria
Statistics
Citations: 99
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4314/tjpr.v11i1.19
ISSN:
15965996
e-ISSN:
15969827
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Nigeria