Table 2 Medicine dispensed by therapeutic category
From: Evaluation of medicines dispensing pattern of private pharmacies in Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Category | Prescription | Requested by client | Recommended by pharmacist | Prescription from quacks | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Anti infectives | 3039 | 18.01% | 963 | 25.93% | 489 | 25.79% | 591 | 26.48% | 5082 | 20.56% |
Medicines for GIT | 1741 | 10.32% | 444 | 11.95% | 201 | 10.60% | 183 | 8.20% | 2569 | 10.39% |
Medicines for CVS | 1531 | 9.07% | 378 | 10.18% | 144 | 7.59% | 189 | 8.47% | 2242 | 9.07% |
Medicines for CNS | 2056 | 12.18% | 132 | 3.55% | 84 | 4.43% | 123 | 5.51% | 2395 | 9.69% |
Medicines for respiratory system | 1846 | 10.94% | 477 | 12.84% | 249 | 13.13% | 336 | 15.05% | 2908 | 11.77% |
Vitamins and nutritional suppliments | 1159 | 6.87% | 279 | 7.51% | 162 | 8.54% | 219 | 9.81% | 1819 | 7.36% |
Analgesics and antipyretics | 1408 | 8.34% | 468 | 12.60% | 288 | 15.18% | 201 | 9.01% | 2365 | 9.57% |
Anti-diabetics | 1907 | 11.30% | 246 | 6.62% | 99 | 5.22% | 96 | 4.30% | 2348 | 9.50% |
Sedative and hypnotics | 1513 | 8.97% | 159 | 4.28% | 114 | 6.01% | 168 | 7.53% | 1954 | 7.91% |
Miscellaneous | 675 | 4.00% | 168 | 4.52% | 66 | 3.48% | 126 | 5.65% | 1035 | 4.19% |
Total | 16,875 | 3714 | 1896 | 2232 | 24,717 | |||||
Prescription medicine: 17,442 | OTC medicine: 7275 | |||||||||