| Introduction: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are most common bacterial infection in women and increase incidence after
menopause. It’s also found to have a negative impact in the quality of life of patients. Thus it is important to analyse and
evaluate the prescribing pattern of drugs for UTI. Objective: to evaluate the prescribing pattern of drugs for treatment of
UTI in post-menopausal women in tertiary care. Methods: In this prospective observational analysis, all postmenopausal
patients presented with UTI in 6 months in Karuna Medical College Hospital, Vilayodi were included. Data regarding their
past medical and medication history, laboratory data’s and the prescribing pattern of drugs of the disease condition and
their rationality is also analyzed. Result: our study showed the treatment of UTIs dominated with prescriptions of
nitrofurantoin and cephalosporin (63.63%) followed by fluoroquinolones (18.18%), penicillin (13.63%). Most commonly
prescribed non-pharmacological therapy is cranberry (9.09%) and D-mannose (9.09%) The supportive therapy widely
prescribed are acetaminophen (37.87%), and antacids like pantoprazole (86.36%), disodium hydrogen citrate (30.30%)
which was mostly used to resolve symptoms of disease. Conclusion: The core treatment of UTI is antibiotic among which
nitrofurtoin and cephalosporine are prescribed mostly followed by fluoroquinolones and pencillins. Commonly prescribed
non-pharmacological therapy is cranberry, D-mannose and probiotics. Other supportive therapy like acetaminophen,
antacids etc are given for symptomatic reliefddd |
