Drug Utilization Pattern in Cardiovascular Diseases: A Descriptive Study in Tertiary Care Settings in Pakistan

During past few years numerous research studies have been conducted worldwide to determine the safe and effective drug utilization indicating that inappropriate drug use is a universal phenomenon [1]. Trend of drug utilization studies is raised globally in different health setups to examine the use of drugs in a society. This results in enormous social, economic and medical significance. Such type of drug utilization assessments is helpful to determine the prescribing patterns and to set the priorities to avoid the irrational drug use [2].