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  Patterns of Antihypertensive Drug Utilization in a West Indies University Teaching Hospital

  By Gopalakrishna Pillai, Emily Esposito, Seetharaman Hariharan, Claudette Gomez

  Abstract: Objective of this study was to determine the prescribing patterns of antihypertensive medications in specialty outpatient clinics in a tertiary care hospital of a Caribbean developing country. A retrospective prescription-based survey was conducted in the renal and cardiac outpatient clinics during the period September to December 2006. Data recorded included demographic data, antihypertensive and other drugs prescribed, duration of prescription, adverse drug reactions and side effects. A total of 285 …

  Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Pharmaceutical Science · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 26–34 Read article →