Volume 17

Number 2 July 2011

Sources of Drug Information and Rational Prescribing Practice Amoung the Practitioners in Dhaka City: Comparison With a Teaching Hospital

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47648/jmsr.2011.v1702.03

Nasir M1 , Parveen S2 , Chowdhury M3 , Parveen R A 4 , Zahan T5

Abstract

Irrational use of medicine is a major problem worldwide. Phartnaceutical drug promotion is a means of informing health professionals about new drugs. The approach is often unethical and inappropriate and may promote irrational prescribing. Sources of drug information are one of the important indicators of irrational drug use by the practitioners in developing countries. A randomized cross sectional study was done to evaluate and empire the knowledge about drug information and indicators of rational drug use among the practitioners in Dhaka city. 183 practitioners were randomly selected and interviewed in Iwo groups. Ninety of them were selected from Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College (HFRCMC) an autonomous teaching hospital in Dhaka city. Ninety three practitioners front non-teaching hospitals of Dhaka city were also interviewed by tatijOrm structured questionnaire comprising the sources of drug information and rational drug use indicators by WHO and buentational Network for Rational Use of Drug (1NRUD) criteria.. The interviews were taken during February 2010 to July 2010 by the mulergrachtate medical students of third year am! fourth year. 71% doctors of HFRCMC considered the interned and 73% doctors front other group considered the company literature as the source of drug information. Use of medical journal and BDNF was very low in both the groups. The overall awareness and strength of rational prescribing practice was found poor in comparison to 11FRCMC. Most of the practitioners (84% and 71%).were found concerned and informed about the prices of drug that indicates the strength of rational practice of pharmaco• economics.

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  1. Associate Professor. Department of Pharmacology

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka

  2. Assistant Professor. Department of Pharmacology

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka

  3. Lecturer. Department of Pharmacology

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka

  4. Lecturer. Department of Pharmacology

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka

  5. Lecturer. Department of Pharmacology

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka

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Volume 17, Number 2 July 2011
Page: 15-20