title: Morbidity profile, prescribing patterns and working of the community drug programme in a health post in Western Nepal.
abstract: The study was carried out at the Naudanda Health Post over a two-month period (July 15, 2000, to September 15, 2000). The objectives were to obtain information on the demography of patients, morbidity, drug-prescribing patterns and the working of the Community Drug Programme. Acute respiratory infections were the most common illness. Paracetamol was most commonly prescribed and 80.6% of the drugs prescribed were essential drugs.
authors.affiliation: MD, Department of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal.
authors.forename: Ravi P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: Pawan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Manu S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: Nagesh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shenoy
authors.forename: Praveen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Partha
authors.forename: Arun K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dubey