Abstract

Dr. Fatima Hafeez, Dr. Simra Zainab Khan and Dr. Aiman Nadeem*

ABSTRACT

The usage of multiple antibiotic agents is unnecessarily high and this practice may leads to the emergence of resistant microorganisms. It is necessary to improve public awareness about the rational use of antibiotics in order to bring a change in consumer’s behaviour. Antimicrobial resistance has become a serious global problem. Future of antibiotic resistance is getting dark day by day. The study was done to determine prescribing patterns of antibiotics among hospitalized patients, and to evaluate the antibiotic consumption. In this cross-sectional study we studied the drug charts of patient admitted in our hospital, through random sampling technique. We analyzed 400 patients chart, out of these 340 patients received antibiotics during their hospital stay. Route of administration was intravenous 88%, oral 2% and both 10%. Patient receiving single antibiotics were 40%, while 60% received multiple antibiotics. Average number of antibiotics prescribed per patient was 1.8. Most commonly prescribed drugs were Ceftriaxone (60%), Metronidazole (46%), Quinolones (30%) and Co-amoxiclav (25%). Conclusion: Multiple medications may provoke potential risk factor in terms of patient's health. This also potentiate Drug-drug interaction. Moreover, unreasonable use of antibiotics may lead to emergence of antibiotic resistance. There is a large number of admitted patient receive multiple antibiotic therapy Nishtar Medical College Multan. There must be proper guidelines for antibiotic use from the administration.