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Abstract

A cross sectional study was conducted in Out Patient Department of Primary Care Hospital in Warangal. 502 prescriptions were randomly collected over a period of one month and recorded over a 'prescribing indicator form'. The data was analyzed using WHO indicators. Average number of drugs per encounter was 3.45. Encounter with an antibiotic prescribed was 46.21%, with a FDC was 84.66%, with an injection prescribed was 7.76%. The most common group of drug prescribed was vitamins (19.1%) followed by Antiulcer (12.34%) Antimicrobials (11.78%), Analgesics (10.22%).The findings of this study revealed that drug utilization pattern was not optimal in accordance with the standard values of WHO prescribing patterns.