A Survey on Rational Use of Antidepressant Drugs in Different Hospitals in Jashore, Bangladesh

Abstract

Depression is a mood illness that can interfere with daily life and is characterized by lingering sense of sadness and loss of interest. The only severe and persistent cases of depression that should receive antidepressant treatment, along with the shortest possible length of treatment, and a reduction in the use of these medications for anxiety disorders, constitute a sensible use of antidepressants that takes into account all potential benefits and hazards. The purpose of this survey is to find out the etiology of depression and also to identify their treatment. A survey created using questionaries' was being circulated faceto- face individually at the Jashore area. According to the survey, 25% of respondents came to the hospital suffering from hypertension, 18% suffering from diabetes, and 28% people came suffering from depression. 54 percent of respondents replied that they have been worried about something. Permitting this survey, most of the people (67%) replied that they didn’t get enough sleep. According to the survey, 36% of respondents replied that they have felt hopeless; 33% have felt helpless. Feeling hopeless or helpless is the primary symptom of depression. 28% of respondents replied that they have taken alcohol or drugs. Most of the responders (91%) have responded that they have taken antidepressants without doctor suggestions. Everyone should take drugs on their prescriber's advice, except OTC drugs. According to the survey, 34% of respondents replied that their doctor gave them imipramine for management of depression. 23%, 20%, 12%, and 11% also replied that doctors have been given respectively as Citalopram, Fluoxetine, Escitalopram, and Sertraline. According to the survey, 31% of participants replied that they felt sick after taking antidepressant. Also, 24%, 21%, and 24% of participants replied that they have been felt headaches, dizziness, and falling very sleepy. In this survey, we can say that most of the people have been taken antidepressants irrationally, and they have also been taken antidepressant without the prescriber's advice.