Abstract
Polypharmacy and irrational prescription of antimalaria drugs and injections are indications of irrational prescribing practices and may lead to drug resistance. The study determined the prescribing practices for the treatment of malaria in public and private health centres in Enugu urban of south east Nigeria.
Highlights
Polypharmacy and irrational prescription of antimalaria drugs and injections are indications of irrational prescribing practices and may lead to drug resistance
Antimalaria drugs were prescribed in wrong doses in private and public health facilities (25 vs. 39.3%)
ACTs were prescribed for malaria in public than private (65 vs. 44%)
Summary
Polypharmacy and irrational prescription of antimalaria drugs and injections are indications of irrational prescribing practices and may lead to drug resistance. Medicines play an integral part of healthcare delivery They are expensive commodities and account for a significant proportion of overall health expenditure in most countries. The problem of irrational medicine use is known to be worse in developing countries with weak health systems, where mechanisms for routine monitoring of medicine use are often not well developed or are at times non-existent [3]. Such practices are likely to lead to poor health delivery that may put patients at risk and result in wastage of scarce resources that could have been used to tackle other pressing health needs [3]
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