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Name | Assessment of the Rational Use of Antipsychotic Drugs Using Case Notes of Patients at the Tertiary Hospital in South West Nigeria |
Description | Research article:-Clinical Pharmacy. OMOLE, Moses Kayode Pharm. D1 and GHOMORAI Tokoni B. Pharm1. *1Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Administration, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan,Nigeria.
Abstract:- This study, involving a retrospective analysis of case notes of randomly selected patients at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, was carried out to assess the rational use of drugs in the management of schizophrenia among both in- patients and out- patients in the hospital. Four patients consisting of two (2) female and two (2) male adults were randomly selected and their case notes thoroughly studied. Patient A was prescribed a total number of 7 drugs including risperidone from which he was switched to clozapine due to resistant to therapy. Patient B was prescribed a total number of 3 drugs including depot fluphenazine 12.5 mg monthly and was subsequently placed on oral thioridazine 100mg at night, to which she was clinically stabilized. Patient C was prescribed a total number of 2 drugs including depot fluphenazine 12.5 mg monthly and risperidone. Patient D was prescribed a total number of 4 drugs including depot fluphenazine 12.5 mg monthly. The use of clozapine required constant monitoring of the blood cells. Other drugs prescribed were benzhexol, amitriptylline, carbamazepine and diazepam. There were no side effects documented for the newly prescribed drugs. The results were analyzed using tables indicating names of drugs, dosage regimen and frequency of usage The sources of irrational use of antipsychotic agents obtained from this study could be due to unavailability of needed medication, prescription of expensive medications and polypharmacy observed as mixture of depot and oral antipsychotic agents in prescription.
Keywords: – Antipsychotics, Rational, Patients, Management. |
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