BACKGROUND Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAID), are among the most widely used and misused of all drugs. Though they provide symptomatic relief from pain and swelling in chronic joint diseases, they may cause renal impairment, especially in combination with other nephrotoxic agents. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the prescription pattern of NSAID in the Out-patient Pharm...

BACKGROUND To promote rational drug use in developing countries, it is important to assess drug use pattern using the World Health Organization (WHO) drug use indicators. The aim of this study was to assess the drug prescription patterns at the Medical Outpatient Pharmacy of Hawassa University Teaching and Referral Hospital, using some of the WHO core drug use indicators. METHODS A descriptiv...

OBJECTIVE Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) provides formulary information at the point of care. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of e-prescribing on formulary compliance and generic utilization. METHODS This was a retrospective analysis of pharmacy claims data from a large national managed care organization. A sample of 95 providers using predominantly e-prescribing...

medication errors (mes) are the most common error in icus. in fact, 78% of all serious errors in icus are due to mes. therefore, detecting mes has vital significance. the goal of this study was to investigate the frequency, type and consequences of different types of errors including prescribing, transcribing and administration errors in an icu of a large teaching hospital. disguised direct obs...

BACKGROUND Computerised physician order entry offers a potential means of reducing prescribing errors, and can also increase the feasibility of pharmacy validation as a secondary filter for eliminating errors. The impacts of these two benefits have never been evaluated in combination. OBJECTIVE To describe (i) the pharmacists' interventions during validation of drug prescriptions on a compute...

Retail pharmacies in developing countries are one of the most important sources of advice on pharmaceuticals. Among the reasons the clients give are ease of access; availability of medicines; quality of service (no waiting and convenient hours of operation); and cheaper products, availability of credit, or the option to buy drugs in small amounts. However, the appropriateness of prescribing by ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate drug use in 2 Dutch nursing homes (254 residents) by developing and evaluating prescribing indicators based on pharmacy prescription data. METHODS We evaluated the prescribing of benzodiazepines, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), ulcer-healing drugs, and diuretics. Prescribing indicators were used to identify prescribing that was potentially not in line with ...

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the drugs’ prescribing pattern in general surgery department a public hospital Alkharj.
 Methodology: present retrospective included collecting data from outpatient pharmacy prescriptions Alkharj 1st June 2018 31th December 2018.
 Results: total number outpatients who received 319. Most them were males (52.35%) and aged less than 50 years (79...

Aim: The present study was undertaken to describe the prescribing pattern of medications in ophthalmology department a public hospital Alkharj.
 Methodology: This is cross sectional included collecting data from outpatient pharmacy prescriptions Alkharj. All outpatients who received between beginning July till end December 2018 were study.
 Results: During period, 324 patients that wr...

Aim: This study aimed to describe the prescribing pattern of medications in cardiology outpatient department a public hospital.
 Methodology: is retrospective included collecting data from pharmacy prescriptions hospital Alkharj. The was analyzed using Microsoft Excel and after that descriptive represented as percentages frequencies.
 Results: most prescribed medication aspirin (11.6%...