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A Study to Assess Prevalence and Drug Utilization Pattern in Hepatic Impairment Patients with or without Comorbidities in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Stephy Babu1, Sethulekshmi Sadanandan1, Rajnarayan Prasad Patel1, Santosh Uttangi1★★ Corresponding author

  1. 1Department of Pharmacy Practice, SCS College of Pharmacy, Harapanahalli, Karnataka, INDIA.

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Santosh Uttangi

Department of Pharmacy Practice, SCS College of Pharmacy, Harapanahalli, Karnataka, INDIA.

santoshuttangi05@gmail.com

Received: 03-04-2021; Revised: 18-04-2021; Accepted: 04-05-2021.

Volume 13, Issue 2 · pp. 167–171 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2021.13.34

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Background: The liver is the core of metabolic activity in the body. Around 50% of the classes of drugs are known to be hepatotoxic. Thus prescribing medications in patients with liver disease is indeed a challenging task. Objectives: To study the prevalence and to carry out the drug utilization evaluation of the therapy prescribed among hepatic impairment patients. Methodology: A prospective observational study was carried out for six months among inpatients of the medicine department of Chigateri district hospital. Patients were enrolled on the basis of inclusion criteria; data was collected using a data collection form and results were analyzed using MS Excel. Results:A total of 160 patients were enrolled, the most prevalent condition was alcoholic liver disease (n=66, 41.25%) followed by chronic liver disease (n=47, 29.38%) and hepatic encephalopathy (n=12, 7.5%). Out of 1466 drugs been prescribed, 795 drugs were used specifically for hepatic impairment. Drugs used to treat oedema (diuretics) were most commonly prescribed (n=198, 25%) followed by gall stone dissolution agents (n=124, 16%) and sugars (n=97, 12%). Conclusion: Alcoholic liver disease was the most prevalent hepatic condition, followed by chronic liver disease. The diuretics were the most widely used hepato-specific drugs among the patients.

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    Babu, S., Sadanandan, S., Patel, R. P., & Uttangi, S. (). A Study to Assess Prevalence and Drug Utilization Pattern in Hepatic Impairment Patients with or without Comorbidities in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital. Journal of Young Pharmacists, 13(2), 167–171. https://doi.org/10.5530/jyp.2021.13.34