Assessment of anti-psychotic drug utilisation in psychiatry ward of tertiary care hospital

Abstract

A total of 50 patients were enrolled in the study from October 2021 to April 2022. Total numbers of drugs prescribed were found to be 244 including the anti-psychotics. The total numbers of anti-psychotics prescribed were found to be 160. The ratio of anti-psychotics to the total number of drugs was found to be 65.7%. Antipsychotics were the most used drugs (69.6%) followed by multivitamins (7.37%), following them were proton pump inhibitors (5.73%), they were followed by analgesics (5.32%), following analgesics were cognition enhancers (4.9%), cognition enhancers were followed by mood stabilizers (4.09%), mood stabilizers were followed by anti-hypertensives (3.2%) which in turn were followed by anticholinergics (2.04%) and calcium+ vitamin D3 supplements (1.6%).