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

Author(s)

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

Rabia Bushra Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Karachi University, Karachi, Pakistan

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

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

Farya Zafar Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Karachi University, Karachi, Pakistan

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.

Publication Details

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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