Prescribing Trend of Private Consultants at Hyderabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Ghoto
, Imran Surehyani
, Abdullah Dayo
, Naheed Memon
, Abdulmalik Ahmed Hamiduddin
, Mudassar Iqbal Arain
, Ali Qureshi
, Rabia Parveen Mangi
, Shoaib Ahmed Mughal
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To find out the drug prescribing trend by the consultant in a private hospital at Hyderabad, Pakistan, the purpose of study was to collect 400 prescriptions from the hospital’s pharmacy with in the time frame of 60 days. Among the total number, 36.75% of prescriptions were found with more than four drugs in a prescription. Information related with consultant and patient was consistently incomplete. The patient’s name, gender/sex, and age were absolutely absent in 33.75%, 46.25%, and 55.75% of Rx, respectively.
[Muhammad Ali Ghoto, Imran Surehyani, Abdullah Dayo, Naheed Memon,Abdulmalik Ahmed Hamiduddin, Mudassar Iqbal Arain, Ali Qureshi, Rabia Parveen Mangi, Shoaib Ahmed Mughal (2014); Prescribing Trend of Private Consultants at Hyderabad, Pakistan Int. J. of Adv. Res. 2 (Mar). 0] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
