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Evaluation of pattern of drug use among Acne vulgaris patients in a Tertiary care teaching hospital.

Nageswari Ponnusamy Thangarasu, Mangaiarkkarasi Adhimoolam.


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ABSTRACT
Background: Acne Vulgaris is the common skin lesion observed in the clinical practice. This study was planned to evaluate the drug prescription pattern among Acne vulgaris patients in a Tertiary care teaching hospital.
Objectives: To study the pattern of drug use among Acne vulgaris patients in a Tertiary care teaching hospital using WHO core prescribing Indicators.
Materials and methods: This hospital based Cross-Sectional observational study was conducted among 100 Acne vulgaris patients from Department of Dermatology & Venerology and Department of Pharmacology for 6 months (November 2022 to March 2023). Prescriptions were analyzed using WHO core prescribing indicators. Microsoft Excel 21 was used to analyze the data and expressed in Percentage.
Results: As per WHO core drug prescribing indicators, the average number of drugs per encounter was 2.12. The drugs prescribed by generic name was 58.49%. The percentage of encounters with antibiotics was 72%. The percentage of encounters with injection was nil. The drugs prescribed by generic name was 12.73%
Conclusion: The study showed that the most common clinical presentation of acne was papules (34%), pustules (24%) over cheeks. 20.8% of patients received topical antibiotics, 19.3% oral antibiotics, 8.4% topical retinoids, 2.3% oral retinoids and 25% received skin care products. 58.4% of drugs were prescribed by generic name and 12.7% only were prescribed from WHO essential drug list as per the drug prescribing indicators.

Key words: KEYWORDS: Acne vulgaris, Prescription pattern, WHO prescribing indicators.


 
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Thangarasu NP, Adhimoolam M. Evaluation of pattern of drug use among Acne vulgaris patients in a Tertiary care teaching hospital.. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol. 2024; 14(12): 2510-2514. doi:10.5455/NJPPP.2024.v14.i12.2


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Thangarasu NP, Adhimoolam M. Evaluation of pattern of drug use among Acne vulgaris patients in a Tertiary care teaching hospital.. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol. 2024; 14(12): 2510-2514. doi:10.5455/NJPPP.2024.v14.i12.2



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Thangarasu NP, Adhimoolam M. Evaluation of pattern of drug use among Acne vulgaris patients in a Tertiary care teaching hospital.. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol. (2024), [cited February 12, 2025]; 14(12): 2510-2514. doi:10.5455/NJPPP.2024.v14.i12.2



Harvard Style

Thangarasu, N. P. & Adhimoolam, . M. (2024) Evaluation of pattern of drug use among Acne vulgaris patients in a Tertiary care teaching hospital.. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol, 14 (12), 2510-2514. doi:10.5455/NJPPP.2024.v14.i12.2



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Thangarasu, Nageswari Ponnusamy, and Mangaiarkkarasi Adhimoolam. 2024. Evaluation of pattern of drug use among Acne vulgaris patients in a Tertiary care teaching hospital.. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 14 (12), 2510-2514. doi:10.5455/NJPPP.2024.v14.i12.2



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Thangarasu, Nageswari Ponnusamy, and Mangaiarkkarasi Adhimoolam. "Evaluation of pattern of drug use among Acne vulgaris patients in a Tertiary care teaching hospital.." National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology 14 (2024), 2510-2514. doi:10.5455/NJPPP.2024.v14.i12.2



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Thangarasu, Nageswari Ponnusamy, and Mangaiarkkarasi Adhimoolam. "Evaluation of pattern of drug use among Acne vulgaris patients in a Tertiary care teaching hospital.." National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology 14.12 (2024), 2510-2514. Print. doi:10.5455/NJPPP.2024.v14.i12.2



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Thangarasu, N. P. & Adhimoolam, . M. (2024) Evaluation of pattern of drug use among Acne vulgaris patients in a Tertiary care teaching hospital.. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 14 (12), 2510-2514. doi:10.5455/NJPPP.2024.v14.i12.2