Prescribing pattern of anti-hypertensive drugs: A prospective study

Authors

  • Nisha Rani S S
  • Nelta S Tharakan
  • Gomathi Swaminathan
  • Sattanathan .K
  • Shanmuga Sunadaram .R
  • Sambathkumar .R

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61096/ijpar.v4.iss1.2015.35-40

Keywords:

Hypertension, Antihypertensive drugs, Monotherapy, Combination therapy

Abstract

The sources of drug utilization data vary from country to country depending on the level of sophistication of record
keeping, data collection, analysis and reporting and the operational considerations of the health care system. So in most
part of our country the prescribing pattern of antihypertensive drugs by different physicians is not in compliance with that
of the standard guidelines. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prescribing pattern of antihypertensive drugs and
to determine the type of drugs commonly prescribed i.e. either monotherapy or combination drugs. This observational
prospective study was conducted in erode for a time period of 4 months. The maximum percentage of male and females
with hypertension was found at the age group of 50-60 years. As monotherapy ACE-inhibitors (34%) were the most
commonly prescribed antihypertensive followed by calcium channel blockers (18%) and beta blocker (12%). Among
combination therapy often 2 drug combinations were prescribed, the most common combination was ACE-inh + CCB
(8%), followed by beta-blocker + CCB (6%). Hence we concluded that underutilization of diuretics and inadequate oral
instructions by clinical pharmacist are found to be the limitations of the present prescribing pattern and hence, an
intervention study is needed to improve the current prescribing practice in clinical use of hypertension management.

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Published

2015-01-14

How to Cite

Nisha Rani S S, Nelta S Tharakan, Gomathi Swaminathan, Sattanathan .K, Shanmuga Sunadaram .R, & Sambathkumar .R. (2015). Prescribing pattern of anti-hypertensive drugs: A prospective study. IJPAR JOURNAL, 4(1), 35–40. https://doi.org/10.61096/ijpar.v4.iss1.2015.35-40