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• Published Subscription 19 Apr 2014

  Prescribing Patterns of Analgesics in Surgical Departments in a Tertiary Care Hospital

  By Dr. Varun H.V., Usha Rani D, Sangita G Kamath, Sathisha Aithal, Umakant N Patil

  Abstract: Analgesics are routinely employed in the management of pain in surgical departments. Drug utilization studies evaluate the present trends of drug usage, drug expenditures, appropriateness of prescriptions and adherence to evidence-based recommendations. The Objectives were to study the prescribing pattern, approval status, inclusion in World Health Organization (WHO) essential medicines list/National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM), cost and rationality of analgesics prescribed in surgical departments. Data were collected from records …

  Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacology · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 9–16 Read article →