Analysis of Benzodiazepines Utilization Other than Mental Disorder at District Sukkur Pakistan
Nisar Khan
Gomal Medical College, Dera Ismail Khan, KPK, Pakistan.
Sajid Ali
Department of Pharmacy, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan.
Zuheeb Ahmed
Department of Pharmacy, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan.
Marvi Metlo
Department of Pharmacy, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan.
Asif Ali
College of Pharmacy, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
Shaib Muhammad
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
Niaz Hussain Jamali
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, People’s University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW), Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
Arslan Ahmer *
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, People’s University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW), Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
Salman Khan
Gomal Medical College, Dera Ismail Khan, KPK, Pakistan.
Ata-ur- Rehman
Institute of Bilogical Sciences, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KPK, Pakistan.
Tahseen Ahmed
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, People’s University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW), Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
Shumaila Parveen Arain
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh,Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The main objective of this research was to evaluate the prescribing ratio of benzodiazepines in the patients suffering from a disease other than a mental disorder. A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at 24 different community pharmacies and medical stores of District Sukkur. Participants with age more than 18 years and using Benzodiazepines were included in this study. Average age of the Participants, who were participated, was 38 ± 20 years. From the 177 study subjects who visited the community pharmacies or medical stores for the purchase of benzodiazepines 104 were male and remaining 73 were female. From 177 patients 132 were married and remaining 45 were unmarried or widow. It was concluded that the consumption of benzodiazepine drugs is terrifyingly very high, especially as a self-medication without any prescription.
Keywords: Benzodiazepines, community pharmacies, utilization, prescription, mental disorder.