Morbidity and Drug Utilization Pattern among Pregnant Admitted Anemic Women and to Find Out Rationality of Drug by Using Indian Guidelines | Chapter 8 | Technological Innovation in Pharmaceutical Research Vol. 8

 Background: Pregnancy is a unique physiological state during which drug use is increasingly frowned upon due to the potential of teratogenicity. Anemia is a common cause of death in mothers. As a result, our goal was to look into drug usage, teratogenic risk, and prescription rationality among pregnant anaemia patients.

Materials and Methods: A prospective observational research was conducted in 150 indoor patients at a tertiary care hospital. The Institutional Review Board gave their approval to the protocol (IRB). The information was gathered using a pre-designed proforma. SPSS version 20.0 software was used to analyse the data.

The results showed that out of 150 patients, 23, 111, and 16 were under 20, 20 to 30, and over 30 years old, respectively. Pregnancy-induced hypertension (18.7%) and antepartum haemorrhage (12.7%) were prevalent among anaemic individuals. Around 71 percent of women report feeling weak, followed by a headache. The most commonly recommended medicines were iron (93.3%) and calcium (86.0%). In severe anaemia, iron sucrose and packed cell volume are administered. The most commonly prescribed drug risk category was Category-A (90.21 percent), followed by Category-B (8.0 percent) and Category-C (4.0 percent) (1.8 percent ). 70.3 and 89.2% of medications were prescribed by generic name and from the essential drug list, respectively. According to Indian guidelines, the overall prescribing behaviour was logical.

Conclusion: In anaemic individuals, the most usually prescribed medicines were iron, calcium, and folic acid. During drug use, no teratogenic risk was discovered. The medicine and its dosage were both reasonable and adequate. The number of medications prescribed under generic name is lower, as is hospital supply.

Author (s) Details

Harsh M. Joshi
Department of Pharmacology, N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India.

Jayun M. Joshi
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, L.G. Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Kamlesh P. Patel
Department of Pharmacology, N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India.

Kartik N. Shah
Department of Pharmacology, N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India.

Varsha J. Patel
Department of Pharmacology, Dr. M.K. Shah Medical Collage & Research Centre, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India.

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