Prescribing Trends of Antihypertensive Drugs At Government Hospitals and Private Clinics In Bangladesh

Hypertension (HTN) is the most common chronic condition dealt with primary care physicians and other health practitioners and is arguably the most important modifiable risk factor for coronary heart disease and stroke. The aim of our current study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of hypertension on age it is more prone to be started now a day, alongside the spectrum of HTN in respect with gender categorization. This study was carried out in the cardiology clinics as well as government hospitals and others at four cities in Bangladesh. From this survey the outcome was found that 39% of 45-60 years and 27% of 35-45 years aged was hypertensive patient, of which 54.83% were male and 45.17% were female. However, HTN control rates of patients cared for longitudinally by cardiologist, it was observed that beta blocker was present in 45% mono therapy prescriptions, among which only propranolol was for 34% cases and losartan was 20% at second. Combination therapy was also found to prescribe where olmesartan plus atenolol was 19% and amlodipine plus atenolol was prescribed for 17% of hypertensive patients.