Principal aim of drug utilization research is to
facilitate safe, effective and rational use of drugs in populations. Without
knowledge of how medicines are being prescribed and used, it is difficult to
make necessary interventions for promoting rational drug use in the society.
Therefore drug utilization studies are carried out to ensure that the drugs are
prescribed, dispensed and used appropriately, in tune with established
guidelines with a view to improve patient’s health related quality of life. Results
of four drug utilization studies carried out by the authors over the past few
years including drug utilization evaluation of statins in patients of diabetes
mellitus at a tertiary care hospital; Evaluation of the prescribing patterns of
anti-hypertensive drugs in patients of hypertension with associated
co-morbidities at a tertiary care hospital; Drug utilization patterns and risk
assessment for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease at a
tertiary care hospital and drug utilization patterns and risk assessment for
renal impairment patients at a tertiary care hospital shall be presented. Besides,
aim and objectives of three more drug utilization studies to be taken up this
year including drug utilization studies among neonatal and pediatric
in-patients at a tertiary care hospital; drug utilization studies among
geriatric patients at an internal medicine unit of a tertiary care hospital and
Hospital and community-based drug utilization evaluation and assessment of the
quality of pharmaceutical care among pregnant women of Kashmiri origin shall
also be discussed. With the completion of these studies a baseline of vital
information shall be generated on the overall drug utilization patterns among different
categories of Kashmiri patients that shall very well serve the objectives of
National Drug Utilization Programme launched by the Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR) this year and improve the quality of drug use among the local population.
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