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Artículo | IMSEAR | ID: sea-200325

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Background: Osteoarthritis is the most common form of joint disease and the leading cause of pain in elderly people. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive and painful chronic disease that mainly affects knee, hand and hip joints.Aim of study was to evaluate current trend of antiulcer drugs and to assess the group of antiulcer agents use in osteoarthritis patient.Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital for period of twelve months in collaboration with department of orthopaedics. Patients data recorded in case report form and analysed to study prescription pattern and related information Results: Total of 630 cases were enrolled in this study. Prescribed antiulcer drugs in OA were ranitidine, omeprazole, pantoprazole, rabeprazole, sucralfate and esomeprazole. Most commonly prescribed drug was Ranitidine i.e. 80.79% followed by omeprazole i.e. 8.42% pantoprazole i.e. 3.97% rabeprazole i.e. 3.81%, sucralfate i.e. 2.53% and esomeprazole i.e. 0.48% respectively. In this study, the commonest group prescribed was H2 blockers i.e. 80.79% followed by proton pump inhibitors i.e. 16.68%, and ulcer healing agent i.e. 2.53% respectively.Conclusions: Most commonly prescribed drug was ranitidine followed by omeprazole, pantoprazole, rabeprazole, sucralfate and esomeprazole respectively. In this study, the commonest group prescribed was H2 blockers followed by proton pump inhibitors, and ulcer healing agent respectively.

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