Outpatient Doxycycline Therapy: Frequency of Its Use and Its Prescribing Patterns in a Public Hospital

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dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Nehad J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-18T10:30:21Z
dc.date.available2020-11-18T10:30:21Z
dc.date.issued2020-04
dc.description.abstractAim: The aim of this study was to identify the outpatient doxycycline therapy: Frequency of its use and its prescribing patterns in a public hospital.Methodology: This was a retrospective study which was conducted in a public hospital in Alkharj City in 2018. The outpatient prescriptions were reviewed to evaluate the prescription patternsof Doxycycline.Results:The study results found that about 48.38% of the patients were female and about 62.90% were from Saudi Arabia. Doxycycline was prescribed mainly by resident physicians. Doxycycline was prescribed mainly in the emergency department followed by obstetrics & gynecology department.Conclusion: Doxycycline was prescribed infrequently in the outpatient settings; it is reserved only for specific conditions. It is important to use antibiotics wisely by the patients and to prescribe and dispense antibiotics including doxycycline appropriately by health care professionals.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University,Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationAhmed Nehad J.. Outpatient Doxycycline Therapy: Frequency of Its Use and Its Prescribing Patterns in a Public Hospital. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International. 2020 Apr; 32(4): 13-17en_US
dc.identifier.issn2456-9119
dc.identifier.issn2231-2919
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/215919
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSCIENCEDOMAIN internationalen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber4en_US
dc.relation.volume32en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.9734/JPRI/2020/v32i430419en_US
dc.subjectOutpatienten_US
dc.subjectdoxycyclineen_US
dc.subjectfrequencyen_US
dc.subjectprescribing patternsen_US
dc.titleOutpatient Doxycycline Therapy: Frequency of Its Use and Its Prescribing Patterns in a Public Hospitalen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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