Open AccessPATTERNS OF PRESCRIPTION OF STATINS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OF NORTH INDIA
Author(s) -
Shilpa Atwal,
Jitender Thakur
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v6i1.2393
Subject(s) - rosuvastatin , atorvastatin , medicine , medical prescription , statin , tertiary care , pharmacology
Background: To study the pattern of prescription of statins in a tertiary care centre.
Methods: Study was conducted on Patients with indications for statins presenting to cardiology OPD, Medicine OPD and Endocrinology OPD and started on statins at PGIMER, Chandigarh, within a period of 9 months.
Results: Atorvastatin was found to be more commonly prescribed (n=179), which is about73.7%compared to Rosuvastatin (n=64) which is about 26.3%. In our study, 75 (68.8%)patients of primary prevention group and 104(77.6%) patients of secondary prevention group were receiving Atorvastatin and 34 (31.2%) patients of primary prevention group and 30(22.4%)patients of secondary prevention were receiving Rosuvastatin on their prescription.
Concluded: In our study, there were prescriptions with only Atorvastatin and Rosuvastatin. No prescription with other statins was found. Atorvastatin was being more commonly prescribed to rosuvastatin.
Keywords: Statin, Atorvastatin, Rosuvastatin