Inpatient antibiotics pharmacology and physiological use in Hayatabad medical complex, Pakistan.

Inpatient antibiotics pharmacology and physiological use in Hayatabad medical complex, Pakistan. Int J Physiol Pathophysiol Pharmacol. 2013;5(2):120-7 Authors: Khan S, Shehzad A, Shehzad O, Al-Suhaimi EA Abstract Antibiotics are used commonly and as powerful medicines, it well known that they affect the variety and composition of the microflora which has important physiological roles, therefore and for other health complications, the aim of the current study was to evaluate and estimate the appropriateness of antimicrobial drugs use in Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC), Peshawar, Pakistan. The present work is based on the hospitalized patient's case studies. Individual patients were interviewed using the prepared questionnaire for the study. All hospitalized patients who received antibiotics were evaluated by a cross-sectional study. The total number of patients interviewed was 270 in medical department. According to our study in medical department, for prophylaxis 64.3% of antibiotic was used, whereas, an empirical use was 35.7%. Prodigious double regimen of antibiotics was observed throughout the study. The most prescribed antimicrobial group is penicillin and followed by tetracycline, macrolides, quinolones, and cephalosporin. Furthermore, 14.56% antibiotics were prescribed on generic name and 85.43% were prescribed on the basis of brand names. Taken together, the antibiotic use in medical department was unsatisfactory and irrationa...
Source: International Journal of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology - Category: Physiology Tags: Int J Physiol Pathophysiol Pharmacol Source Type: research