Utilization of narcotic drugs in outpatient and emergency pharmacy in a tertiary hospi tal / 药学实践杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To review the usage of narcotic drugs at outpatient and emergency pharmacy in order to promote rational narcotic drug use .Methods A total of 2 940 narcotic prescriptions from outpatient and emergency pharmacy in our hospital during January to June ,2014 and 2015 were collected .Three parameters (the prescription department ,DDDs and DUI) were analyzed statistically .Results Six narcotic drugs were involved ,including three injections ,two tablets and one ex-ternal patch .Emergency Department ,Radiotherapy Department and Analgesia Department are the top three high usage depart-ments .Morphine sulfate sustained-release tablet had the highest DDDs .DDDs of pethidine hydrochloride injection during Janu-ary to June ,2015 was significantly reduced compared to the same period in 2014 .DUI of morphine sulfate sustained-release tablet and bucinnazine hydrochloride tablets increased to some extent .Conclusion The usage of narcotic drugs at outpatient and emergency pharmacy in our hospital was basically reasonable .A few physicians still had problems in proper indication and dosage with narcotic drug use .The specific training programs need to be in place for those physicians .