BACKGROUND Rational prescribing is a primary step to ensure rational drug use. Often, half of the medicines are prescribed irrationally and half of these are even used incorrectly as the patients fail to take their medicines appropriately. The aim of this research was to evaluate drug-prescribing patterns of four hospitals in southern Ethiopia. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional study wa...

BACKGROUND The rational drug prescribing practice is an important health concern around the globe that not only interferes patient's life but also the socioeconomic issues. OBJECTIVE The aim of current study was to evaluate the rational use of drug, prescribing behaviour of consultant physicians, role of medical team members in irrational therapy and form the basis for providing necessary inf...

In 1975 the World Health Assembly requested the Director-General to advise Member States on the selection and procurement of essential drugs corresponding to their national health needs. We report here the results of a study of the prescribing patterns and rational drug utilization of medical practitioners of Pune, an industrial city in the west of India, which was undertaken by analysing their...

Following a September 2020 FDA announcement of boxed warning for benzodiazepines, this Viewpoint reviews the relative benefits and risks drugs to reduce overuse in at-risk patients, moderate underuse clinically appropriate instances, guide judicious, rational prescribing.

UNLABELLED Compared to adult medicine, drug use in children is not extensively researched. OBJECTIVE The objective of present study is to find out drug prescribing pattern in the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry and Orthodontics in teaching hospitals in Rajasthan, India. METHODS A prospective study was conducted in June 2011. A total of 619 prescriptions were collected ran...