2018
DOI: 10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20181185
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Drug utilization study and prescribing patterns in psychiatry patients at a tertiary care hospital

Abstract: Background: The Drug utilization research (DUR) compares drug use between different countries and regions and is used to assess the rationality of prescribing pattern of the drug therapy. With this background we decided to evaluate antipsychotic drugs prescribing pattern in the psychiatric patients in a tertiary care hospital.Methods: the study was carried out at Department of Psychiatry, DSMCH. It was open label, cross - sectional, prescribed Documents based study. Duration of the study was one month (May-201… Show more

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“…Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional or behavioural disorders (Perumal et al, 2018). Psychiatric or mental disorders constitute a significant problem worldwide.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional or behavioural disorders (Perumal et al, 2018). Psychiatric or mental disorders constitute a significant problem worldwide.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For the treatment of psychiatric disorders, diverse types of psychotropic drugs are available (Thakkar et al, 2013). In the last 20 years, the development of novel classes of drugs like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, atypical anti-psychotics and serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors have drastically changed the drug therapy protocols (Perumal et al, 2018).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%