Prescribing trend and pharmacoeconomics evaluation of antiepileptic drugs / Nuur Ramizah Ahmad Dailami

Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are the mainstay of treatment for people with epilepsy. Therefore, knowledge on AEDs prescribing trend is vital for healthcare provider. The costs of AEDs have also become more expensive. Thus, pharmacoeconomics evaluation is concerned to measure the costs, outcomes and co...

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Main Author:	Ahmad Dailami, Nuur Ramizah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2006
Subjects:	RM Therapeutics Pharmacology RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.989752024-07-24T08:06:52Z Prescribing trend and pharmacoeconomics evaluation of antiepileptic drugs / Nuur Ramizah Ahmad Dailami 2006 Ahmad Dailami, Nuur Ramizah RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology RS Pharmacy and materia medica Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are the mainstay of treatment for people with epilepsy. Therefore, knowledge on AEDs prescribing trend is vital for healthcare provider. The costs of AEDs have also become more expensive. Thus, pharmacoeconomics evaluation is concerned to measure the costs, outcomes and comparison of the cost and consequences of therapeutic alternatives. This study aimed to determine the prescribing trend of AEDs and to conduct cost-minimization analysis (CMA) of AEDs. A retrospective study was carried out in out-patient department (OPD) of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) and Hospital Selayang (HS). Prescriptions containing AEDs for patient of any age were included. Those who had taken oral liquid preparation and non-complete prescription were excluded. The demographic information and details of treatment were recorded. Based on prescription selection, AEDs were screened to find the most frequent AEDs used and this were expressed in percentages. Carbamazepine and lamotrigine were selected in conducting CMA as it was assumed to have equal efficacy. Direct medical costs were identified by using acquisition cost, concomitant medications cost and therapeutic drug monitoring (TOM) cost. The treatment costs were expressed as a total cost and average cost per patient. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 12 for Windows. In this study, a total of 116 prescriptions of AEDs were screened. Forty prescriptions were found to contain carbamazepine (n=33) and lamotrigine (n=7) in HTAR. While, 21 prescriptions contained carbamazepine (n=l 7) and lamotrigine (n=4) in HS. Carbamazcpine was shown to be the most frequent drug prescribed in HTAR with 38.4% whereby in HS, it was phenytoin (29.5%). Besides that, lamotrigine, gabapentin and topiramate contributed not more than 12% of the total AEDs prescribed for both government hospitals (GHs). With regard to CMA, it was shown that the average cost per patient was RM 13 7 .36 for carbamazepine and RM204.06 for lamotrigine in HTAR. While in HS, RMl 15.96 and RM314.06 were the average cost per patient for carbamazepine and lamotrigine respectively. The findings in this study showed that the older generation AEDs were most preferred by physicians. Whereas, new generation of AEOs were the least use for both hospitals. Carbamazepine was also found to have lower treatment cost compared to lamotrigine and thus had the potential to save cost. Therefore, the trend of AEDs prescribing coupled with selection of the most cost-saving medications in the management of epilepsy are crucial for quality healthcare delivery. 2006 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/98975/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/98975/1/98975.PDF text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Puncak Alam) Faculty of Pharmacy Lin, Lua Pei
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description	Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are the mainstay of treatment for people with epilepsy. Therefore, knowledge on AEDs prescribing trend is vital for healthcare provider. The costs of AEDs have also become more expensive. Thus, pharmacoeconomics evaluation is concerned to measure the costs, outcomes and comparison of the cost and consequences of therapeutic alternatives. This study aimed to determine the prescribing trend of AEDs and to conduct cost-minimization analysis (CMA) of AEDs. A retrospective study was carried out in out-patient department (OPD) of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) and Hospital Selayang (HS). Prescriptions containing AEDs for patient of any age were included. Those who had taken oral liquid preparation and non-complete prescription were excluded. The demographic information and details of treatment were recorded. Based on prescription selection, AEDs were screened to find the most frequent AEDs used and this were expressed in percentages. Carbamazepine and lamotrigine were selected in conducting CMA as it was assumed to have equal efficacy. Direct medical costs were identified by using acquisition cost, concomitant medications cost and therapeutic drug monitoring (TOM) cost. The treatment costs were expressed as a total cost and average cost per patient. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 12 for Windows. In this study, a total of 116 prescriptions of AEDs were screened. Forty prescriptions were found to contain carbamazepine (n=33) and lamotrigine (n=7) in HTAR. While, 21 prescriptions contained carbamazepine (n=l 7) and lamotrigine (n=4) in HS. Carbamazcpine was shown to be the most frequent drug prescribed in HTAR with 38.4% whereby in HS, it was phenytoin (29.5%). Besides that, lamotrigine, gabapentin and topiramate contributed not more than 12% of the total AEDs prescribed for both government hospitals (GHs). With regard to CMA, it was shown that the average cost per patient was RM 13 7 .36 for carbamazepine and RM204.06 for lamotrigine in HTAR. While in HS, RMl 15.96 and RM314.06 were the average cost per patient for carbamazepine and lamotrigine respectively. The findings in this study showed that the older generation AEDs were most preferred by physicians. Whereas, new generation of AEOs were the least use for both hospitals. Carbamazepine was also found to have lower treatment cost compared to lamotrigine and thus had the potential to save cost. Therefore, the trend of AEDs prescribing coupled with selection of the most cost-saving medications in the management of epilepsy are crucial for quality healthcare delivery.
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title	Prescribing trend and pharmacoeconomics evaluation of antiepileptic drugs / Nuur Ramizah Ahmad Dailami
title_short	Prescribing trend and pharmacoeconomics evaluation of antiepileptic drugs / Nuur Ramizah Ahmad Dailami
title_full	Prescribing trend and pharmacoeconomics evaluation of antiepileptic drugs / Nuur Ramizah Ahmad Dailami
title_fullStr	Prescribing trend and pharmacoeconomics evaluation of antiepileptic drugs / Nuur Ramizah Ahmad Dailami
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Prescribing trend and pharmacoeconomics evaluation of antiepileptic drugs / Nuur Ramizah Ahmad Dailami

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