Abstract

K. N. S. Karthik* and Konda Ravi Kumar

ABSTRACT

A drug is a substance which may have medicinal, intoxicating, performance enhancing or other effects when taken or put into a human body or the body of another animal and is not considered a food or exclusively a food. In pharmacology, a drug is “a chemical substance used in the treatment cure prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental wellbeing. Drugs may be prescribed for a limited duration, or on a regular basis for chronic disorders. Over or under the prescription of antibiotics may result in either treatment failure or side effects. So drug utilization evaluation is a tool in accessing the rationality of prescription. In our study, Cephalosporins were found be used more frequently (52.83%) compared to other groups like penicillins (7.54%), tetracyclinese (0.94%), macroides (1.88%), aminoglyco sides (4.71%), floroquinolones (5.66%) and combination therapy (26.4%), Combination of antibiotics (53.84%) was used more frequently than other groups in CNS department compared to Cephalosporins (30.76%) and penicillins (15.38%).