ABSTRACT:
OBJECTIVE:A study was conducted to evaluate drug utilization of gastrointestinal agents in pediatric and geriatric patients. METHODS: Randomly selected 150 patients of gastrointestinal diseases with 92 male and 58 female of age from 15-58 underwent drug utilization evaluation of gastrointestinal agents. The frequencies of gastrointestinal agents were calculated and compared WHO indicators of DUS (drug utilization study) guidelines. RESULTS: Results include patients on long term gastrointestinal drug therapy on geriartric patient, paediatric patient. It include 92 male and 58 female patients in which 38.66% of female patient was and 61.335 of male patient suffered from gastrointestinal diseases. Out of 150 patients21.33% of patients was treated with pantoprazole,12% of patients was treated with esomeprazole ,28.66% of patients was treated with omeprazole,10.66% of patients was treated with rabeprazole,27.33% of patients was treated with ranitidine. Oral route of administration was more than parenteral administration. Gastritis is occurred more than inflammatory bowel disease, peptic ulcer disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease