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VOL. 9, ISSUE 3 (2024)
A study on antimalarial prescription pattern in rural tertiary care teaching hospital
Authors
Abhirose David, Nikhil Singh, Ragini Bundela, Ramakant sharma, Karunakar Shukla
Abstract
The study concludes that males were more infected by malaria than
female patients. The incidence was more in the age group between 18-35 years
than in older adults and elder patients. All the cases with negative parasite
test are considered as ‘clinical malaria’, they were treated empirically and
positive cases were given specific treatment. There is no hospital guideline for
the treatment of malaria, physicians followed their own protocol to treat
malaria. Most of them followed WHO guideline than National guidelines. The most
commonly used antimalarial was found to be Artesunate, followed by Artesunate +
Mefloquine and CQ. Total antibiotic used in 112 patients was 182 among them
(51.6%) Ceftriaxone was used in 84.7% patients followed by Doxycycline (13.2%)
in 21.6% of patients. It was noted that monotherapy was most preferred than
combination therapy. The incidence of ADR in our study was found to be less.
Out of 14 ADRs physician accepted in 10 ADRs and necessary action for the
management was taken after clinical pharmacist recommendation. In our study we
found that, there was no proper diagnosis of malaria parasite which leads to
improper use of antimalarials. This can cause miss-use of antimalarials and
antibiotics which will be the main cause of ADRs and emergence of drug
resistance.
Pages:9-13
How to cite this article:
Abhirose David, Nikhil Singh, Ragini Bundela, Ramakant sharma, Karunakar Shukla "A study on antimalarial prescription pattern in rural tertiary care teaching hospital". International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Research, Vol 9, Issue 3, 2024, Pages 9-13
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