Abstract

DRUG UTILIZATION STUDY IN PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the drug utilization in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss attending IP department in a tertiary care hospital. A descriptive study was conducted in 80 patients with recurrent pregnancy loss admitted in the hospital. Out of 80, 62% were in their first trimester and most of them were in between the age 20-24 (36%). In this study most of the patients belonged to 4th gravidae (34%).Majority of them were nulliparous (42%).Of the study population, most of the patients (84%), had suffered three recurrent pregnancy losses. And majority of the losses occurred in the early trimesters of their pregnancies. Most of the patients (62.5%) had no previous live births i.e., they belonged to the primary recurrent pregnancy loss group. Previous Intrauterine death occurred in 11.25% of the study population and 2.5% of the patients had 2 previous Neonatal deaths. The most common co morbidity observed in the study population was pregnancy induced hypertension and majority (37.5%) of them were managed with the antihypertensives, Methydopa and Nifedipine.