An Assessment of Antihypertensive Drug Utilization Patterns and Adherence to JNC-7 Guidelines in South Indian Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

ABSTRACT

Objective:The objective of this study was to assess the adherence of antihypertensive medication to Joint National Committee (JNC)-7 and drug-drug interactions between drugs prescribed for patients with hypertension and its co-morbidities in a south Indian tertiary care teaching hospital. Methods:A total of 200 hypertension prescriptions were collected in a prospective observational study from February 2014 to July 2014. Medication adherence was assessed by comparing with the JNC-7 guidelines and drug-drug interactions were reported after checking in standard databases for their mechanism of interaction.Results: The average age was 58.8 ± 2.40 years (males) and 53.7 ± 2.3 years (females). Stage 1 hypertension (36%, males; 35.2%, females) was most predominant than stage 2 hypertension (29.33%, males; 30.4%, females) and hypertension emergency (25.33%, males; 23.2%, females). Diabetes mellitus (19%, males; 45%, females) and cardiovascular diseases (27%, males; 36%, females) are the most common co-morbidities in hypertension patients followed by renal diseases. Calcium channel blockers (9.4%) are most widely prescribed drugs followed by angiotensin receptor blockers (6.9%) and diuretics (6.9%) in monotherapy. Angiotensin receptor blocker + diuretic combination (4.9%) was mostly used in two drug combination therapy. The overall rate of adherence was 15.6% (Pre hypertension); 37.87% (Stage 1 hypertension); 26.21% (Stage 2 hypertension) and 50% (Hypertension emergency). In the present study, the major drug interaction was digoxin and angiotensin receptor blockers (11.9%) followed by the clopidogrel + calcium channel blockers combination (9.5%). Conclusion:Results reveal that optimal medication adherence to JNC-7 guidelines was not observed in the prescriptions.

KEYWORDS

• Hypertension
• Joint National Committee (JNC)
• Medication adherence
• Drug-Drug interactions
• Stroke

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