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Drug Prescription Pattern In Pregnant Women
Published in February 2023 Issue 1 (Vol. 13, Issue 1, 2023)

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Women who are pregnant frequently experience various chronic medical diseases that requires either ongoing (or) intermittent treatment. Any prescription drug taken by a pregnant women could cause unforeseen consequences, which are extremely difficulty for healthcare professionals to avoid any danger to the mother (or) the foetus. A medicine prescription pattern aids in the assessing the prescription practices that target the pregnant population can lesion the baby’s risk and also mom. Consequently, the study is carried out to assess the current prescription pattern and to acquire information about drug use among pregnant mothers. 150 expectant women participated in a prospective and observational research for a nine month time frame. The participant’s treatment records, which were recorded using a case report form, and the subjects’ interviews provided the pertinent data needed for the study. WHO assessed how the prescription pattern performed. Drug classifications and prescribing guidelines were based on the US FDA pregnancy category. The majority of subjects (42%) had only completed their secondary education, and 82% of them were unemployed. Pregnant women had mean BMI of 24.83.76kg/m2, and 61.3% of the study’s participants had a normal BMI. The majority of the patients (74%) were in their third trimester and was under the age of priming avidity (46%). Hospitalizations were primarily due to fever, gestational diabetes mellitus, and gestational hypertension in the patients. A total of 574 prescriptions were written, averaging 3.82 medications per prescription. 18.8% of patients and 16.2% of all patients, respectively had at least one antibiotic. 6.2% of prescriptions for medications were discovered to be inn generic form, while 92.1% of prescriptions were from the hospital formulary. About 98.6% of the participants were unaware of the dangers of the drug use while pregnant. Most pregnant women received antibiotic prescriptions. The majority of prescribed medications fall within category C. This study unmistakably shown the necessity for ongoing evaluation of drug prescribing practices during pregnancy in order to encourage more sensible drug use reduce the morbidity and mortality linked to therapy.
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Abhinaya Birudula
View all publications →Pravallika Pathi
View all publications →Bhagya Sri Peruri
View all publications →Neha Sree Guntaka
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February 2023 Issue 1 (Vol. 13, Issue 1, 2023)- Article ID:
- AJPTR131001
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- AJPTR-01-001026
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- 2023-02-01
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Birudula & Pathi & Sri, B. & Sree, N. (2023). Drug Prescription Pattern In Pregnant Women. American Journal of PharmTech Research, 13(1), xx-xx. DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7628148
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