Analysis of the Use of Antihistamine Agents in Hospitals of Shanghai During the 1999～2001 Period / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To analyse the situation of use of antihistamine agents in hospitals of Shanghai and to make objective evaluation as reference for production,sale and consumption departments METHODS:To investigate the antihistamine agents used in 47 hospitals of Shanghai during the 1999～2001 period in respect to the kinds,dosage sum of money of consumption,DDDs,clinical evaluation and ARDs RESULTS & CONCLUSION:Consumption of antihistamine agents decreased in 2001,but kinds of drugs had no obvious change The commonly-used antihistamine agents were Cetirizine,Loratadine and Kitotifen Incidence of cardiotoxicity is very low,but we must take care of it