Abstract
The objective of the study is to know the proportion of adjunctive drugs used, to improve the quality of health care like appropriate drug usage, reduce potential side effects, to list out drug chart for proper planning of indent and budget of adjunctive drugs. The study was conducted in the Oncology (Radiotherapy) Department of Guntur Medical College, Government General Hospital, Guntur. The study method includes prioritizing the patients based on inclusion and exclusion criteria with the approval from ethical committee. Information regarding adjunctive drug utilization is collected with the aid of a data collection form from the inpatient’s case sheets. In our study, 226 patients of all age groups were observed over the period of 6 months. Prevalence of cancer was more at 46-60 years of age group. Out of all the most commonly observed types of cancer in the patients were cervix n= 60 (26.54%) followed by Head and Neck n = 54 (23.9%). 32 adjunctive drugs and their oral formulations (77%) were used than parenteral formulations (23%). Ondansetron (17.5%) was the mostly prescribed drug followed by diclofenac (12.7%) and ranitidine (12.5%) and other commonly used drugs are Metronidazole, Ciprofloxacin, B-Complex, and Pantoprazole. From our study we conclude that 32 adjunctive drugs and their oral formulations were mostly prescribed, among them antibiotics, antiemetics, and NSAIDs were inappropriately used. The study assisted health care team in cognising the appropriate drug therapy and adverse drug reactions management and in precise indent and budget preparation without any drug lackage.
