Drug utilization pattern of Chinese herbal medicines in a general hospital

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Taiwan

 

A total of 10 737 patients using 52 255 CM drugs, were screened. The average

number of drugs per prescription was 4.87 and 37.21% of prescriptions were

composed by five drugs. Most of prescriptions (91.38%) were prescribed for

three times a day. The most often prescribed Chinese herb was hong hua (5.76%)

and the most common Chinese herbal formula was jia wei xiao yao wan (3.80%).

The most frequent diagnosis was insomnia (15.58%), followed by menopause

(5.22%) and constipation (5.09%). The survey showed the drug use pattern of CMs

in

a general hospital. The majority of CM prescriptions were composed by 3-6

drugs and often prescribed for three times a day. .

 

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