STUDY REGARDING ETHICAL VERSUS GENERIC PRESCRIPTION OF STATINS

Authors

  • Shilpa Atwal Junior Resident, PGIMER, Chandigarh
  • Jitender Thakur Senior Resident, SLBS Medical College, Ner Chowk

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v6i1.2396

Keywords:

Statin, Ethical, Generic

Abstract

Background: To study the ethical versus generic prescription of statins

Methods: Study was conducted on Patients with indications for statins presenting to cardiology OPD,Medicine OPD and Endocrinology OPD and started on statins at PGIMER, Chandigarh, within a period of 9 months.

Results: In our study population, amongst the primary prevention group, a larger percentage about 56% were receiving generic prescription of statins and about 44% were receiving ethical prescription of statins .Whereas in secondary prevention group, about 45.5% of patients were receiving generic prescription and 54.5% were receiving ethical prescription .

Concluded: In our study population patients were equally prescribed on ethical (49.8%) and generic prescriptions (50.2%).

Keywords: Statin, Ethical, Generic

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Published

2022-01-16

How to Cite

Atwal, S. ., & Thakur, J. . (2022). STUDY REGARDING ETHICAL VERSUS GENERIC PRESCRIPTION OF STATINS. International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v6i1.2396

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022)

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