Hammad Yousaf, Yasir Mehmood, Muhammad Imran Ashraf, Syed Atif Raza, Syed Saeed-ul Hassan, Asad Bilal.
Analysis of Prescription Trend in the Treatment of Hepatitis C and the study of Association of This Therapy Plan with the age of the patient.
J Med Sci Jan ;26(2):123-7.

Objective: To check out the prescription trend for the hepatitis C i.e. to analyze the combination therapy. The association of therapy plan with the age of the patient was also studied. Material and Methods: Prescriptions were collected from 97 patients diagnosed with hepatitis C from December 2016 to February 2017. Statistical calculations were carried out on these prescriptions to analyze the trend and to see the association of therapy plan with the age of the patient. Results: In the prescription trend the combination of ribavirin 1200mg/day (400mg TID) and sofosbuver 400mg/day was found to be the most frequent. Second frequent therapy was the combination of oral therapeutic agent (ribavirin 1200mg/day (400mg TID)) and an injectable (Peginterferonalfa 2a) whereas interferon alfa 2a were also used along with the ribavirin. There was no association found between age of the patient and the therapy plan. Conclusion: Oral therapy for the hepatitis C treatment is the most frequent therapy plan in the Jinnah hospital where as the second frequent therapy plan was a combination of oral and the injectable. On the other hand there is no association of age of patient with the therapy plan followed for hepatitis C.

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