Publication: Pattern of prescribing practices in the Madhya Pradesh, India
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2008
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Kathmandu University
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Objectives: To find out the current status of the ‘prescribing practices’ in the Primary Health Care facilities of
Madhya Pradesh.
Material and Methods: The cross-sectional survey was conducted in 26 Primary Health Care facilities of the
Madhya Pradesh. Consecutive random sampling method was applied for collection of prescriptions from the health
facilities.
Observation: Overall the average number of drugs prescribed per prescription was 2.8; most commonly prescribed
drugs were NSAIDs, antibiotics, multivitamins and antihistaminics. Drugs prescribed by generic name were 48.5%
(1409/2906), prescription with antibiotics and injections were 60.9% (641/1052) and 13.6% (143/1052) respectively.
Drugs prescribed from Essential Drug List were 66.9% (1944/2906).
Conclusion: The prescribing practices of the Madhya Pradesh is more of an irrational types like polypharmacy,
overuse of antibiotics and injection, less number in generic names and prescribed from Essential Drug List. There is
an urgent need for some interventions to improve the situation.
Key words: rational use of drug, essential drugs, generic name, polypharmacy
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Bhartiy SS1, Shinde M2, Nandeshwar S3, Tiwari SC4
1Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur (Dist Chitwan) Nepal, 2,3,4Department of Community Medicine, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, MP, India