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- Title
A Retrospective Analysis on the Pharmacological Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
- Authors
M. A., Subair; Chand, Sharad; U. P., Nandakumar; Kulamarva, Ganaraj; Joel, Juno J.
- Abstract
Objectives: To analyze the pattern of drugs prescribed to treat irritable bowel syndrome among patients admitted in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was carried out among 120 inpatients of the general medicine department for a period of eight months from August 2019 to April 2020. The data of the patients admitted to the hospital over a period of five years was collected from the medical records department in a specially designed data collection form. The prescription pattern of the drugs used in the management of irritable bowel syndrome was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: Among 120 patients, n=68 were diagnosed with inflammatory bowel syndrome (IBS)-D, n=30 with IBS-M and n=22 diagnosed with IBS-C. The occurrence of irritable bowel syndrome was higher in males (55%) than in females (45%). The most common clinical presentation was found to be abdominal pain, reported among 63.33% of the total patients. Probiotics were the most widely prescribed medications n=73(14.39%), followed by pantoprazole n=65 (12.82%). Conclusion: In the study, movement modulators followed by adjunctive gastrointestinal agents, psychoactive substances and antibiotics were commonly prescribed for the management of irritable bowel syndrome.
- Subjects
IRRITABLE colon; GASTROINTESTINAL agents; DRUG utilization; DRUGS; DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE studies
- Publication
Journal of Young Pharmacists, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 2, p186
- ISSN
0975-1483
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5530/jyp.2021.13.38