Analysis of the Drugs Used for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in 47 Hospitals of Shanghai in Recent Years / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the situation of use of therapeutic drugs for benign prostate hyperplasia(BPH) in hospitals of Shanghai and to make OBJECTIVE: evaluation as reference for production,sale and consumption departments.METHODS: To investigate the BPH drugs used in 47 hospitals of Shanghai during the 1999 - 2001 period in respect to the amunt of consumption, kinds, sum of money of consumption, DDDs and clinical evaluation .RESULTS: Consumption of BPH drugs was increasing in recent years, but kinds of drugs had no obvious change, major drugs for BPH were Finasteride, Tamsulosin and Prostat .CONCLUSION: Therapeutic drugs for BPH are common drugs, but price is very expensive.To speed up the reseach and development of drugs in our country and to advocate the use of domestic products are suggested.

Cost and Amount of Consumption of Four Sorts of Drugs in Shanghai in the Years 1994～1999 / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To understand the trend of cost and amount of consumption of antihypertensives,antidiabetics,antipsychotics and antibiotics in Shanghai.METHODS:The data of above-mentioned 4 sorts of drugs were collected from analysis system of drug-use of Shanghai in 1994～1999.The cost of each sort of drug was calculated in term of fixed price of 1994 and the amount of consumption was discount to DDDs.RESULTS:The total cost and total amount of consumption of these 4 sorts of drugs assumed a tendency towards increase and the growth rate of the former exceeded that of the latter.Antibiotics were the highest in cost;antidiabetics and antipsychotics were the highest in growth rate;antihypertensives were maximum in amount of consumption and antidiabetics were the highest in growth rate of consumption.CONCLUSION:In Shanghai,the total cost of these four sorts of drugs increased rapidly and the prices of drugs rose year by year.The spectrum of diseases has changed to some extent.

Analysis of Hypolipemic Agents Used in 47 Hospitals in Shanghai During the Period 1999～2001 / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To get a clear idea about the situation of application of hypolipemic agents in hospitals of Shanghai so as to provide information for departments of production,sale and consumption METHODS:The kind,amount,sum of money and DDDs of hypolipemic agents,used in 47 hospitals in Shanghai during the period 1999～2001,were analysed RESULTS:Vastatin,Fibrate and Chinese materia medica were the most commonly used drugs;Simvastatin,Zhibituo and Fenofibrate occupied the front places in amount of consumption;The sales volume of Zocor(Simvastatin)Pravachol and Xuezhikang was at the top of list;Simvastatin,Fluvastatin,Xuezhikang and Fenofibrate revealed increasing tendency and Gemfibrozil,Zhibituo,Duoxikang and Chondroitine showed decreasing tendency in clinical use CONCLUSION:The market prospects of hypolipemic agents will be wide and bright