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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.

This research is prepared is on “To Study the doctor’s perception while prescribing the antibiotic – cefixime in Mumbai, thane. This research paper has been presented based on my observation and experience gathered from field survey in macron lab. An organization has many divisions and departments but focus is given more on the level of brand strategy of the marketing department specially in the pharmaceutical industries due to the high competition. this survey evaluates knowledge, attitudes and perception of doctor about prescribing the antibiotic - cefixime. This study also helped to learn about Several factors influenced prescribing, including patients' expectations, severity and duration of infections. The result of the research is described in details in this report. After knowing the perception and brand image of the antibiotic cefixime a lot of finding came up. The research also consists of recommendations and conclusion according to my point of view which would improve the prescription of doctors towards the antibiotic (gramocef-o) which is manufactured by macron labs.

The aim of this study is to find the usage of antimicrobials in hospital section and to study the frequency of morbidity and mortality. The present study was undertaken to screen rational use of antimicrobials in inpatient department (IPD). Prescriptions from medicine, surgery, obstetrics (OBG) were collected over a period of nine months. Prescriptions containing antimicrobial drugs were analyzed for appropriateness in dose, dosage, duration of therapy. In our study we found that, out of 362, 179 were males and 189 were females. In that most commonly Cephalosporinns 142 (39.22%), Quinolones 128 (35.35%), Antiprotozoal 63 (17.40%) followed by Macrolides, Aminoglycosides, Penicillines, and Anthelmentics were prescribed. Our findings indicate an urgent need for the establishment of proper guidelines, dissemination of information to practitioners and supervision of antimicrobial usage in low income countries like India. Irrational and unnecessary drug use can be expensive and harmful leading to resistance. Key words: Antimicrobials, Prescription, Health Care