A Drug Utilization Evaluation of Bronchodilators Using a Defined Daily Dose Method

Author(s)	Afreen Nasir, Kaustav Ghosh, Prabhu Das
Country	India
Abstract	Drug therapy is crucial to promoting human health by increasing quality of life and extending lifespan. A method to assess and improve drug use is by conducting Drug Utilization Study. Drug utilization, in terms of DDD, aids in converting the available volume of medications into medically relevant units, allowing estimations of the number of people exposed to a certain medicine or class of medicines. A prospective observation study was carried out to assess the consumption of bronchodilators among in-patients. Theophylline was the most utilized bronchodilator with 469.54 DDD/100bed-days. Total consumption of bronchodilators 872.91 DDD/100bed-days. Methylxanthines like Theophylline and Etofylline tablets were over-utilized with PDD:DDD ratio of 4.35 and 3.26 respectively.
Keywords	Drug Utilization Evaluation, Defined Daily Dose, Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical, Prescribed Daily Dose, Bronchodilators.
Field	Medical / Pharmacy
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 6, November-December 2023
Published On	2023-12-31
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.11517

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