Prescribing pattern in outpatient department of neurosurgery in a tertiary care hospital of North India

Authors

  • Rehana Tabassum Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical Srinagar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • Syed Sajad Hussain Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical Srinagar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • Sajad Hussain Arif Department of Neurosurgery, Sher- i- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • Altaf Ramzan Department of Neurosurgery, Sher- i- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • Samina Farhat Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical Srinagar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20192922

Keywords:

Lumbar disc prolapse, Neurological disorders, Prescription pattern

Abstract

Background: The neurosurgical disorders are amongst the leading cause of global mortality and morbidity. Though surgical intervention is thought to be the main management protocol in the neurosurgical setup but drugs are being equally used especially in the outpatient setting. The present study was carried out in view of the sparse data available on prescribing pattern in neurosurgery.

Methods: The present study was conducted by the department of pharmacology in outpatient department of neurosurgery in a tertiary care centre to look into the prescription pattern among these patients.

Results: In 268 patients analyzed, mean age was 43.02±15.93 years and 52.23% were females. Majority of our participants (44%) were found to be of young to middle age group (21-40 years). The diagnosis among the study population was spread over large number of diseases. Lumbar Disc Prolapse (LDP) was found to be the leading cause of neurosurgical morbidity, amounting to 32%. As far as the prescription of various drugs in the outpatient of neurosurgery is concerned, Analgesics were the most common drugs prescribed constituting about 48% of the total drugs prescribed followed by GABA analogues and multivitamins which equally formed 41% of the total prescribed drugs.

Conclusions: Although the prescription pattern studies among the outpatient neurosurgery patients are very scant, the analysis of prescription studies will be helpful to encourage the rational drug prescribing pattern.

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2019-06-28

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Tabassum, R., Hussain, S. S., Arif, S. H., Ramzan, A., & Farhat, S. (2019). Prescribing pattern in outpatient department of neurosurgery in a tertiary care hospital of North India. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 7(7), 2798–2802. https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20192922

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