ASSESSMENT OF DRUG UTILIZATION PATTERN IN POISONING PATIENT ADMITTED IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Objective: This study aimed to identify the drug utilization pattern in poisoning patients admitted to tertiary care hospitals and study poisoning patients to determine type of poison cases, demographic character, psychiatric illness, and treatment pattern among poisoning patients. After taking approval from the ethics committee, the study was conducted at Adesh Hospital (AIMSR), Bathinda. Method: This study was conducted for 6 months and data were obtained from 65 patients admitted in the hospital with poisoning. In-patient and emergency department drug utilization studies of poisoning patients were studied, and data were recorded in the patient profile form. The recorded data were analyzed as per the objective of the study. Result: Poisoning episodes were the majority for suicide in 20-29 years (30.8%). Most of the poisoning cases were due to organophosphorus compound consumption of 28 cases, (43.1%). Antidotes like atropine with pralidoxime (24.6%), Glycopyrrolate (36.9%), and other drugs like antibiotics, steroids, analgesics, antiemetics, proton pump inhibitors, antiepileptic agents, and intravenous fluids were utilized for the management of poisoning cases under study.