Prescription Composition and Analysis of the Usage of the Oral Drugs in Gynecology and Obstetrics Outpatients

OBJECTIVE To understand the current application and characteristics of the oral administration drugs in Women's hospital. METHODS All of 645 000 outpatient prescriptions in the whole year of 2010 in Women’s Hospital were used to analyze the application of oral drugs. RESULTS The mainly used oral drugs in Women’s Hospital were western medicines and Chinese patent medicines. The former included antimicrobials, harmonic drugs, as well as nutritional drugs used during the pregnancy. The latter contained anti-inflammatory agents, emmenagogues, blood hemostatic medicines and drugs used in mammary gland. It was a common phenomenon to take the medicine with the husband or to use antibiotics internally and externally to treat vaginitis. CONCLUSION The gynecological inflammation and endocrine imbalance are the main diseases in Women’s Hospital. Therefore, the normalization of the application of antimicrobial medicines and Chinese patent medicines should be intensified. Meanwhile, it is controversial whether some prescriptions or thoughts are reasonable, and the author puts them forward to readers.