A prescription survey in a hospital hypertension outpatient clinic

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
P K LeeJ A Critchley

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate drug utilization in the management of hypertension in Hong Kong. We conducted a prescription survey to examine the use of antihypertensive drugs in a hypertension clinic in a regional hospital and the resulting expenditure incurred. The use of concurrent medications such as antidiabetic drugs and lipid-lowering agents was also examined. During a 7-week study period, 530 prescriptions were collected. All except 14 patients received antihypertensive drugs with 262 (50.8%) on monotherapy and 254 (49.2%) on combination therapy. Calcium channel blocking agents and beta-adrenoceptor blocking agents were the two most popular antihypertensive drugs used in both monotherapy (38% and 31%, respectively) and combination therapy (27% and 33%, respectively). Forty-nine patients (19%) received three antihypertensive drugs or more. The number of antihypertensive drugs showed a significant positive correlation with the duration of attendance at the clinic (r=0.88, P < 0.001). Of the total 530 prescriptions, 5.6% and 10% contained antidiabetic drugs and lipid-lowering agents, respectively. Calcium channel blocking agents, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and lipid lowering agents, acco...Continue Reading

Citations

Dec 29, 1998·Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics·S ChangJ C Chan
Jul 27, 2000·American Journal of Hypertension·N S JabaryJ A Gonzalez

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