Analysis of the Utilization of Outpatient Psychotropic Drugs in Psychiatric Department

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the characteristics and rules of the utilization of psychotropic drugs in outpatient department of a hospital. METHODS:All outpatient prescriptions of psychotropic drugs provided by the hospital in 2012 were analyzed statistically according to the types of disease,drug name,drug dosage and drug combination. RESULTS:The drugs mainly were for depression,schizophrenia,insomnia. 9 354 prescriptions involved 13 kinds of psychotropic drugs,among which 12 wereⅡpsychotropic drugs,involving 9 221 prescriptions,accounting for 98.58% of total;there was only one kind of typeⅠpsychotropic drugs(methylphenidate),involving 133 prescriptions,accounting for 1.42% of total. Top 5 drugs in the list of frequency were clonazepam,lorazepam,estazolam,alprazolam and oxazepam(accounting for 92.05% in total);DUI of 12 kinds of drugs were lower than 1.00,and that of 1 was higher than 1.00;there were 404 cases of drug combination(accounting for 4.32%),combination treatment for depression accounted for 43.07% of combination therapy. CONCLUSIONS:Benzodiazepines are the most widely used with excellent anti-anxiety,sedative,hypnotic effects,and the further security and affordable price;however,clinical operation should strengthen the reviews on the prescriptions of psychotropic drugs.