Antibiotics prescribing in Ramadi city, Iraq

A total of 4000 prescriptions dispensed by general practitioners [G.P's] and different specialists were collected from different pharmacies in Ramadi City, Al-Anbar Governorate. A simple random sampling with replacement was adopted to calcu late the average percentage of antibiotics [A.B.] used. Of the sample 40.8% were found to contain A.B. units. Cephalosporin and Tetracycline were prescribed more frequently by G.P's than specialists, whereas Rifampicin and Amoxycillin were prescribed more frequently by specialists than G.P's Combinations of A.B. used by G.P's was 19%, while for specialists was 13%. Antibiotics use was noticed to be maximized at the start of each of the two main seasons