SURVEILLANCE OF DRUG UTILIZATION PATTERN AND PRACTICES DURING PREGNANCY IN WOMEN ATTENDING ANTE-NATAL CLINIC: A PHARMACO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY FROM A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING INSTITUTION

摘要

To evaluate the drug utilization pattern and practices during pregnancy in women attending ante-natal clinic of a tertiary care teaching institution of western Uttar Pradesh. An additional objective was to find out relation of women's education with various parameters related to drug use during pregnancy. About 202 pregnant women were interviewed. Category A drugs constituted 54.57%, 86.99% and 41.11%, category B constituted 27.14%, 9.37% and 37.5% and category D constituted 6%, 0.19% and 14.14% of the drugs used during the first, second and third trimester of pregnancy respectively. Self-medication, homeopathic/ herbal drugs, women having knowledge about contraceptives, use of IFA and Calcium during pregnancy, women attending more than five antenatal visits were used more in literate, than in illiterate subjects (p<0.001).