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What are the patterns of antihypertensive drug use in geriatric patients compared to current recommendations?
What are the patterns of antihypertensive drug use in geriatric patients compared to current recommendations?
This study highlights the prescribing patterns of antihypertensives in geriatric patients in a tertiary hospital in Mumbai, noting a very low rate of generic prescribing.
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Low generic antihypertensive prescribing in geriatrics warrants local audit; leaves open associations with BP control and comorbidities in broader settings.
The geriatric population assumes great significance in terms of both preventive and curative health care services utilized. The patho-physio-psychological changes associated with ageing make their problems unique. In the geriatric population, hypertension accounts for a huge proportion of cardiovascular and all cause mortality and morbidity. We conducted a study to describe the patterns of antihypertensive drug use in the geriatric population, compare it to the current recommendations and conduct an analysis using the WHO-INRUD drug use indicators. Methods: A prospective cross sectional drug utilization study of 100 prescriptions of hypertensive patients (as per JNC 7) of either sex and 60 years was undertaken as per the WHO -DUS and the STROBE guidelines. Results: Statistically significant relation was found between BP control, and addictions and CIRS-G score. The 100 prescriptions contained 344 drugs, out of which, 171 were antihypertensive drugs. Three percent of antihypertensive drugs were prescribed by generic names. Seventy nine
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