Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2019

Drug utilization study and Clinical Pharmacist Interventions in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients of a Tertiary Care Hospital

Author(s): S. M. Biradar*, Ummehani M, Pooja Bijjaragi, P. Kavya, S. Dhanavidya, B. Shivakumar, Anand P. Ambali, Hunasagi B. S., N. V. Kalyane and Santosh R. Awasthi
Abstract: A prospective and observational study was carried out over a period of six months in medicine department of a tertiary care hospital. A total of 72 and 150 Asthma and COPD patients respectively were monitored and assessed for different parameters. In the present study males were the predominant in asthma and COPD patients, the main risk factor involved in these diseases were active and passive smoking of tobacco. The risk of the disease increases with increased age in the present study. Polypharmacy and antibiotic therapy is inevitable in the present diseases due to multiple factor involved. The important classes of drugs prescribed were xanthenes derivatives, β-agonists, steroids, Leuco-triene inhibitors and mucoloytics. Patient education was provided for Asthma and COPD patients through GINA (Asthma) and GOLD (COPD) guidelines in order to improve the patient’s quality of life. The concept of patient education is well established in developed countries, but yet to be implemented successfully in developing country like India where Pharmacy practice/ Pharm.D programmes is still under developmental stage.
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S. M. Biradar*, Ummehani M, Pooja Bijjaragi, P. Kavya, S. Dhanavidya, B. Shivakumar, Anand P. Ambali, Hunasagi B. S., N. V. Kalyane and Santosh R. Awasthi. Drug utilization study and Clinical Pharmacist Interventions in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients of a Tertiary Care Hospital. 2019; 9(1): 893-902.