An Insight Survey of Anti-ulcer Drugs Prescribing Trends and Market Analysis in Bangladesh

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.