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Table 3 Most commonly prescribed injections at the outpatient pharmacy of eight selected health centers in Fafen Zone Eastern Ethiopia from September 2013 to September 2014. (n = 636 encounters)

From: Assessment of medicines use pattern using World Health Organization’s Prescribing, Patient Care and Health facility indicators in selected health facilities in eastern Ethiopia

Commonly prescribed injection

Frequency (Percentage (%))

Diclofenac

26(37.0)

Procaine penicillin fortified

17(24.0)

Gentamycin

13(18.0)

Benzyl penicillin

8(11.0)

Cimetidine

3(4.0)

Othersa

4(6.0)

  1. Othersa: Ceftriaxone, Ampicillin, Chloroamphenicol and Hyoscine