All prescriptions of TCAs with less than 0.5 DDDs per day were excluded (n = 58), because TCAs are used for treating neuropathic pain (which has not been associated with pulmonary diseases) at a lower dose than for treating depression, the disease that has been associated with asthma.
The push for generics is gaining steam, with generics accounting for about half of all prescriptions, compared with 19% in 1984.
All prescriptions associated with URTI were identified and collated for data analyses.
For each medication identified in the clinical notes, the matching process compared it with all prescriptions in a corresponding prescription list.
Only 47% of handwritten prescription charts had full patient identification (name, date of birth and unit number, or hospital sticker) whilst this information was available with all prescriptions on the computerised system.
As with all prescriptions for agents where there is a risk of an interaction that can result in prolongation of QT, careful prescription assessment by the multidisciplinary team and regular 12-lead electrocardiograms may help minimise risk of drug-drug interactions and potential patient harm [ 6, 7].
All prescriptions during a given year with an ATC code beginning with N05A (antipsychotics), N05B (anxiolytics), N05C (hypnotics), N06A (antidepressants), N06B (psychostimulants) were included.
Fewer than 20percentt of all prescriptions were filled with generic drugs in 1984.
All prescriptions were provided with a supply ranging from 30 to 180 days, including refills.
At least 62% of all prescriptions were inappropriate with significant associations for patients from gynaecology (p < 0.003), empirical prescribing (p < 0.48), patients with undetermined infection sites (p < 0.007), and for single drug use compared with multiple antibiotics (p < 0.001).
For combination of two CHM, JWXYS with Cyperus rotundus L. was prescribed most frequently, 7.7% of all prescriptions, followed by JWXYS with Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet, 5.9%, and Cyperus rotundus L. with Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet, 5.6%.
