ANALYSIS OF PRESCRIPTION PATTERN OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS AT DIFFERENT PHARMACIES IN AVADI- CHENNAI

Authors

  • DR.J .THIRUNAVUKKARSAU Professor of Pharmacology , Saveetha Medical College , Chennai
  • DR.V.KRISHNAN Assistant Professor of Pharmacology , Saveetha Medical College , Chennai

Keywords:

Prescription pattern, pharmacy, practioners, polypharmacy, Guidelines.

Abstract

In our study which was done to assess the prescription pattern by the general physician
for various illnesses at Avadi , Chennai showed 22 % percentage drugs were mentioned
by its generic names and 78 % by their brand names. Out of all medicines used , 42 %
of drug are essential drugs .Nearly 65% of antibiotics were seen in the analysed
prescriptions and irrational use of multivitamins was also observed in our study

Published

30.06.2015

How to Cite

DR.J .THIRUNAVUKKARSAU, & DR.V.KRISHNAN. (2015). ANALYSIS OF PRESCRIPTION PATTERN OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS AT DIFFERENT PHARMACIES IN AVADI- CHENNAI. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 6(2), 1048–1051. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/4321

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