The prescribing trend of antibiotics for sore throat, tonsillitis and pharyngitis in children. | [International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology • 2017]

Author(s):

1. Yousra Shafiq: Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan

2. Rabia Bushra: Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Karachi University, Karachi, Pakistan

3. Maqsood Ahmed Khan: Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan

4. Huma Ali: Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan

5. Farya Zafar: Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Karachi University, Karachi, Pakistan

6. Sehar Afshan Naz: Department of Microbiology, Federal Urdu University of Arts and Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract:

Sore throat, tonsillitis and pharyngitis are the common problems in children. The objective of study was to evaluate the current prescribing trend of various antibiotics in mentioned clinical conditions. A multicenter comparative study was conducted in general setting clinics situated in various populous areas of Karachi to eliminate socio-economic factor. A total of twenty clinics were visited and from each center fifteen patients (N= 300) were selected. New born and infants were excluded and only children of age group between 2 to 12 years having complain of throat infections were included. Different in vivo symptoms (fever, soreness, headaches/body aches, chest/nasal congestion, cough/flu/sneezing and presence of tonsillar exudate) of the patients were also determined. Results showed that the combination of amoxicillin + clavulanic acid is considered to be the most effective and safe therapeutic agent against various throat infections hence it has been highly prescribed (69.05%) in general setting of practice. It is concluded that different brands of the amoxicillin + clavulanic acid combination is medically administered as a first line treatment in children to treat tonsillitis in majority of the cases. However in case of pharyngitis cefradine and cefixime are the choice of treatment.

Page(s): 289-292

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Year: 2017

Keywords:

Sore throat , Tonsillitis , Pharyngitis , prescribing trend

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