Abstract

A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON PRESCRIBING PATTERNS OF DRUG USAGE IN THE THERAPY OF PATIENT WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS

Katayoun Izadi* and Dr. K. A. Sridhar

Abstract

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA), also often called ‘degenerative jointdisease,’ is the most common form of arthritis. Prevalence of OA inIndia is reported to be in the range of 17-60.6%. Prevalence increaseswith age, so that about 11% of all women over the age of 60 years havesymptoms due to knee OA. Objectives: Retrospective study onprescribing pattern of drug usage in the therapy of patients withosteoarthritis. Methodology: This was a retrospective study conductedin the Medical record department in a tertiary care hospital includingtotal of 614 patients. Results: A total of 614 patients were included inthe study and we found the females 453 (73.8%) were more than thatof the males 161 (26.2%) suffering with OA and the patients of age group between 61-70years were found to be 48.9%. Majority of the patients are treated with propionic acidderivatives (75.24%)subclass of NSAIDs and with the tablet Naproxen (30.36%) which isbelong to NSAIDs drugs, and between all the class of the drugs which is used for treatment ofOA, Analgesic (opioid) are mostly used. Conclusion: In our study, analysis of prescribedpattern revealed that most of the patients were prescribed with propionic acid sub class ofNSAIDs and the mostly used drug is tablet Naproxen, and majority of the patients are treatedwith the Analgesic (opioid) class of the drug and mostly OA knee is seen in the populationstudied.

Keywords: Osteoarthrithis, prescribing pattern, NSAIDs.