Drug Utilization Evaluation Of Antihypertensives In A Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital.

INTRODUCTION: A study on antihypertensive usage in a tertiary care teaching hospital necessary to realize that drugs inappropriate use represents a potential hazard to the patient and unnecessary expenses. This necessitates a periodic review of the pattern of drug utilization to ensure safe and effective treatment. The ultimate goal is to focus on the factors related to the prescribing, dispensing, administering and taking medication. AIM: To analyse the drug utilization evaluation of antihypertensives in a tertiary care teaching hospital. METHODOLOGY: A prospective, observational and analytical study was carried out for six months from November 2019 to April 2020 in the inpatient from different departments of a tertiary care teaching hospital in Mysore district with the aim of drug utilization evaluation antihypertensives. RESULT: A total of 332 patients were taken into the study. 32% (103) of the patient were in the age group of 41-50 years, and this was found to be higher in a male population, 57%. During the study, 51.6% of the patients were stage 1 hypertension, followed by prehypertension and stage 2 hypertension. The most common class of drugs prescribed in the study was ACE inhibitors, 31.1%, followed by CCB 21.4%, and the most prescribed medication in the study were captopril 21.7% and nifedipine 14.3%. Diabetes mellitus was the most common comorbid condition, 35.7% associated with hypertension, followed by hyperthyroidism 14.5%. CONCLUSION: This study concluded that by providing insight into the prescription pattern of antihypertensive medication concerning various comorbidities control, it helps the prescriber pay more attention to specific factors that affect the outcome of various comorbidities.