Evaluation of Prescribing Pattern of the Private Practitioners in Bangladesh.
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2012-07
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Abstract
A prescription order is a written instruction of doctors to pharmacist to supply drugs in particular form to a patient
and the directions to the patients regarding the use of medicines. This study was undertaken to observe the
prescribing patterns of the private practitioners in Bangladesh, 430 prescriptions were collected randomly from
Dhaka city and analyzed using WHO/INRUD indicators. There were average 3.40 drugs per prescription. Drugs were
prescribed in generic name only in 0.20%. About 46.31% drugs were prescribed from the Essential Drug List, only
19% of prescriptions were complete in respect to patient medication information. Antibiotics were prescribed in
70.33% of the prescriptions; injections were prescribed in about 8.35% of the prescriptions.
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Private Practitioner, Rational Prescribing
Citation
Begum F, Uddin M R, Islam M M S U, Sarker M N, Barman R C, Ali M Y. Evaluation of Prescribing Pattern of the Private Practitioners in Bangladesh.Faridpur Medical College Journal. 2012 July; 7(2): 51-53.