1Department of Pharmacy Practice, Visveswarapura Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bangalore, India.
2Institute of Physiology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Gmelinstrasse 5, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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The aim of the study was to evaluate drug usage pattern in a teaching tertiary care hospital in Bangalore, India at the Department of OBG for a period of 9 months.
The medication use pattern was evaluated in 250 women attending antenatal clinics from inpatients and out-patients. Women were interviewed in different gestational ages using a pre-designed structured questionnaire. Medications were classified according to the US FDA risk classification and medication by pharmacological class. Drug details (generic and brand name of the drug, dose, dosage frequency and route of administration) collected were including prescribed medications, OTC medications, herbal treatment and self medication during the current pregnancy.
The mean age of the pregnant women was found to be 24.51 ± 3.81years. 52% of the total participants had school level of education with majority of them (91.2%) being housewives residing in urban areas (92.8%).
