Epidemiological Evaluation and Drug Utilization Pattern of the Drugs Used in Peptic Ulcer

Abstract

Introduction: Peptic ulcer disease is a clinical syndrome of the gastrointestinal tract that occurs due to gastric acid and pepsin’s erosion of the gastric or duodenal mucosa. This study aims to determine the evaluation and utilization pattern of drugs in peptic ulcer patients. The present study needs to carry out, taking into consideration of gender which is most prone to disease. The actual time duration for treatment depends on many factors such as age, type of therapy, nature of medicines. Materials and Methods: It was a concurrent study carried out online through google form randomly. Total 100 Questionnaire forms were evaluated. The study was carried out during April-May 2020. Result and Discussion: In the present study drug utilization pattern of drugs used in peptic ulcer patients was evaluated. The evaluation was done through online survey which was conducted in month of April-May 2020. The data of 100 patients were evaluated. It was concluded that the occurrence of peptic ulcer can take place at any age. It was also observed that allopathic drugs were more preferred than herbal drugs. The prevalence of disease is more in males as compared to females. The study concluded that 25.4% of people take 5–7 days to recover from peptic ulcer. Patients taking this medicine suffer from other diseases like cancer, infertility, respiratory diseases, malaria, etc. Nearly 55% of people prefer combination therapy as compared to monotherapy.