Rational use of medicines among resident doctors: A cross-sectional study

[...]the level of understanding related to P-drug concept and existence of Essential Medicine List was limited. [...]it is necessary to implement institutional guidelines to achieve more appropriate prescribing patterns, to promote prescription based on the list of EM. Rational Use of Medicine; Esse...

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Published in:National journal of physiology, pharmacy and pharmacology pharmacy and pharmacology, 2022, Vol.12 (9), p.1-1492
Main Authors: A, Arvinth, E, Suganya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Brand names
Consent
Cross-sectional studies
Drug therapy
Health care
Knowledge
Medicine
Pharmaceutical industry
Physicians
Prescription drugs
Questionnaires
Teaching hospitals
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Summary:[...]the level of understanding related to P-drug concept and existence of Essential Medicine List was limited. [...]it is necessary to implement institutional guidelines to achieve more appropriate prescribing patterns, to promote prescription based on the list of EM. Rational Use of Medicine; Essential Medicine; Resident Doctors; Personal Drugs INTRODUCTION Rational use of drugs has multi-dimensional aspects which include medical, social and economic values,[1] as reflects in the World Health Organization (WHO) definition: "Rational use of drugs requires that patients receive medications appropriate to their clinical needs, in doses that meet their own individual requirements for an adequate period of time, at the lowest cost to them and their community. [4] Increase in irrational use of medicines (RUM) is due to factors such as misleading/false beliefs, inadequate knowledge on part of the consumers and prescribing pressures, professional, profit driven approach of prescribers, lucrative promotional activities by pharmaceutical industry and lack of enforcement of regulations by regulatory authorities. [...]assessing knowledge of RUM among them in such set-up would be helpful in promoting RUM and improving health care services.
ISSN:2320-4672
2231-3206
DOI:10.5455/njppp.2022.12.01033202220012022