Pharmacoeconomic Analysisof Various Brands of Antipsychotic Drugs and Prescribing Pattern in a Secondary Care Hospital
Journal Title: Scholars Academic Journal of Pharmacy - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Abstract:To analyze the cost effectiveness of antipsychotic medication and prescribing pattern. The cost of different brands of antipsychotics was sorted by referring CIMS, MIMS, and patient profile form. Antipsychotic prescription pattern are fundamentally different across countries and regions due to variations in factors including health care policies availability and cost of drugs.Antipsychotics is a class of agents which are able to reduce psychiatric symptoms in a wide range of conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychotic depression, sensilepsychosis, various organic psychosis and drug induced psychosis. It’s a prospective observational study carried out in a psychiatric hospital Rajahmundry for a period of six months from Feb-July 2016. All the patients using antipsychotic drugs are 18-60years of age. The prescription was analysed by WHO indicators. Average number of antipsychotics prescribed are atypical include Olanzapine 5mg, 3mg, Aripiprazole 10mg, Quetapine 100mg, Clozapine 200mg. whereas typical include haloperidol 0.25mg, Trifluperidol and Trihexyphenidyl. The average cost of generic drug is provided to be no way superior to its economically cheaper counterpart. The drug to be prescribed in generic to save patients money and its compliance. Psychotic illness patients mainly advised monotherapy of antipsychotic drugs and if it should be in generic to save the patients money and to avoid extrapyridimal side effects. Keywords:pharmacoeconomic, cost effectiveness, schizophrenia, psychotic illness, psychotic drugs
Authors and Affiliations
Kanamala Arun Chand Roby, K. Rahul, K. Harinadh babu, M. Gowtham Kumar, M. Sri Divya
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP378051
- DOI -
- Views 68
- Downloads 0
A questionnaire Based Study involving health care stakeholders to assess the competence and skills of a professional pharmacist
Abstract: A pharmacist is a professional who is dispensed medicine, counsel patient and advice health care stakeholders on the rational use of medicines. However, there are only few who approach him for counsel or advice...
Application of Bio-Surfactants in Cosmetics and Pharmaceutical Industry
Bio-surfactants are a class of surface-active molecules derived from microorganisms (yeast, fungi, bacteria). This diverse group of surface active molecules possesses both hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties in their st...
Study of Effect of Dexmedetomidineand Clonidine as Adjuvant with Bupivacaine on the onset & Duration of Analgesia and Anaesthesiain Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block
Many adjuvants have been used with local anaesthetics to reduce the time of onset and prolong the duration of analgesia in brachial plexus blocks.Very few studies are there comparing dexmedetomidine versus clonidine as a...
Preparation and in vitro evaluation of cyclodextrin based piroxicam transdermal gel (release and permeation study)
Abstract:Piroxicam; a widely used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug(NSAID) , was prepared as a transdermal gel by mixing with a cyclodextrin in equal amounts and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (NaCMC) as a matrix pol...
A Zinc Selective Polymeric Membrane Electrode Based on N, N'-benzene-1, 2-diylbis[1-(pyridin-2-yl)ethanimine] as an Ionophore
A Schiff base N, N’-benzene-1, 2-diylbis [1-(pyridin-2-yl) ethanimine] was synthesized and used as ionophore for selective determination zinc ion in various samples. The proposed sensor show good selectivity for zinc (Zn...