COMPARING THE PRESCRIBING PRACTICES IN MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE IN DEPARTMENTS OF GENERAL MEDICINE, GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

Patients of alcoholic liver diseases (ALD) attended the General Medicine, Gastroenterology & Hepatology with varieties of chief complaints like jaundice, fatigue, digestive issues, and tenderness in the right upper abdomen. The use of diuretics, antibiotics, vitamin supplements, proton pump inhibitors, anti hypertensive, laxatives, nutritional supplements are very common for the treatment of ALD. The research was done to analyze the prescription pattern of drugs used in alcoholic liver disease patient in KGH, Vishakhapatnam. A prospective observational; unicentric study was conducted in the medicine and Gastroenterology & Hepatology department of KGH from December 2017 to May 2018. Patients who were attending to medicine department were enrolled in the study as per selection criteria. The information on alcoholic liver disease prescriptions was recorded and pattern of drugs used for it was analyzed.