In order to encourage rational drug use, it is necessary to examine drug use patterns in developing countries using World Health Organization (WHO) drug use indicators. The goal of this study was to assess drug prescription patterns in Tirana, Albania, as well as the level of rational prescribing. The outpatient pharmacy conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective research of 1000 prescriptions chosen by systematic random selection from 5000 prescriptions received in 8 pharmacies in Tirana. The WHO prescribing indicators were analysed using the SPSS package 21. The index of rational drug prescribing (IRDP) was calculated to assess reasonable prescribing. A total of 2.406 drugs were prescribed on average. Generic names accounted for 43.85% of prescriptions, with antibiotics and injections accounting for 53.3 percent and 10.3 percent of prescriptions, respectively. 24.10 percent of all prescriptions were from the national essential medicines list. The most regularly given pharmacological classes of drugs were antibiotics (51.5 percent), vitamins (49.4%), and NSAIDS (22.70 percent). The IRDP was 2.728 instead of the desired value of 5. The WHO standard for the average number of medicines per prescription, prescriptions with generic names and drugs from the essential medicines list, and IRDP were all broken. However, other issues, such as antibiotic prescribing practise, average quantity of medicines per prescription, prescribing by national essential drug list, and generic names, still require attention.
Author(S) Details
Rezarta Shkreli
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University Aldent, Tirana, Albania.
Klodiola Dhamo
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University Aldent, Tirana, Albania.
Afrim Tabaku
Pharmacotherapeutics Research Centre, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University Aldent, Albania.
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