Author’s information
- Department of Medical Lab Technology, University of Haripur, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
- Department of Pharmacy, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal,
Dir Upper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
- Faculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Science, Riphah
International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Center for Biotechnology and Microbiology University of Swat, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Corresponding Author: Department of Medical Lab Technology,
University of Haripur, Pakistan, Postal Code: 19240, Pakistan. Tel:
+92-3449600378, Email:wasimkmu@gmail.com
What is already known about this subject: According to the WHO
report in 2008, more than 50% of all medicines are dispensed, sold or
prescribed inaccurately and that more than 50% of all patients failed
to take medicines properly.19 For the treatment and
management of infection antibiotics are the key drugs in routine
practice.20 However irrational uses of antibiotics are
reported in many studies.21 Irrational use of
antibiotics is very common in clinical practice which may lead to
infections that are worse than the initially identified
infections.22
What this study adds: This study will evaluate WHO core
prescribing indicators and generic concept in the prescribing patterns
of consultants in a tertiary care hospital in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
Pakistan. Also it will evaluate and compare the prescribe medications
with essential drug list of WHO. Irrational prescribing of Medicines is
a widespread general medical condition, prompting to antibiotic
resistance. Understanding the prescribing pattern of antibiotics is
significant to handling unreasonable remedy.