ABSTRACT

Background: Analgesics also known as painkillers are the medications that relieve pain without losing consciousness, Drug utilization evaluation [DUE] study gazes at how people use, prescribe, market and distribute pharmaceuticals. Analgesics are often over prescribed on misuse leading to unnecessary side effects, complications. The present study has been to get overview of the current trends of analgesics utilization in health care center and facilities drug use based on guidelines in population. Aim and Objectives: To study and Evaluate the Drug Utilization patterns of Analgesics in the various department of a tertiary care teaching Hospital, Khammam. Methodology: The study which is performed, observation and prospective in nature in order to evaluate [or] study the drug utilization pattern of analgesics. The drugs, dose, frequency of drugs and assessing the severity of the pain and type of pain by standard MC Gill pain questionnaire and Numerical pain rating scale from the patient record who prescribed with analgesics along with patient demographics. Results: As per our study, total of 391 analgesics are used among the 200 patients. And out of 200 subjects more number of subjects taking analgesics are male 61% and female 39%. The most frequently used analgesics is paracetamol 44.75%, followed by tramadol 29.66%, diclofenac 18.92%, aceclophenac 3.83%, naproxen 1.53% and aspirin, ketorolac, etoricoxib, indomethacin used 0.25%. Conclusion: The study of DUE of analgesics gives financial gains and early identification of drug related issues such as drug interactions, adverse reactions and repeated drug usage. prescription errors in india are mostly caused by the lack of opportunities for clinical pharmacist to participate in prescription supervision. one possible function in there in health care system is to help doctors change the number of the medications that patients take, improve medication adherence, provide patient counselling, improve patient health and lower patient health care cost. Keywords: Drug utilization pattern, Analgesics, Mc gill pain questionnaire, Numerical pain rating scale
Publication date: 01/05/2026

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2026/15.5.10121