Abstract:
Gastrointestinal disorder is very common in our country, if we make a survey
with prescriptions, we can see a huge portion of total prescriptions contain one
or several anti-ulcer drugs. However, it is not always prescribed for GI disorder
but also in the protective purposes.
Data on such an important and so used drug group should be useful in many
purposes. From that sense this project was chosen and conducted, by the grace of
Allah it was completed without any complications.
The goal of this study is to determine which generic names are preferred by
doctors in Dhaka City and Bangladesh while prescribing anti-ulcer medications.
The doctors and patients of Dhaka City were personally interviewed for a
questionnaire-based field study, and the results were noted and prescriptions
were gathered. The questionnaire asked about factors like the age range of patients
who received anti-ulcer medicine prescriptions, the cause of the preference, and
the preference for pediatric, geriatric, and pregnant patients. Esomeprazole was the preferred drug overall (32.3% of all prescriptions), but for pregnant women,
pantoprazole was chosen (40.3%). The poll received a fair response rate. The
survey discovered that most doctors do not favor anti-ulcer medications for
pediatric patients or geriatric patients in particular. The most important criteria to
consider while selecting a particular anti-ulcer medicine were efficacy and safety.
Anti-ulcer medications were most frequently recommended to patients between
the ages of 30 and 50.
