Nadia Mudher Al-Hilli and Haydar Hashim Al-Shalah
College of Medicine, University of Babylon, Hilla, Iraq. 
 
 
Antimicrobial Prescribing By Practicing Physicians in Hilla City /Babylon Province /Iraq in the Year 1995 

  
Hassan Alwan Hussien 
  
Babylon University –College of Medicine
 
 
 
Abstract
 
          A cross sectional epidemiological study was conducted on a randomly collected 3000 prescriptions , prescribed by 286 physician in their private clinic in Hilla city ,Babylon province-Iraq during the period 1st of January 1995 through 31st of December 1995. It was shown that antimicrobial constitute the most frequently prescribed drugs (36.3%) ,followed by analgesics (17.4%) and tonics (12.4%). 80.6% of the prescriptions contained one or more antimicrobials .35.5% of prescriptions in  this study contain two or more antimicrobials.
 
Ampicilin was the most widely used antibiotics followed by cephalosporin ,erythromycin ,methprims and chloramphincol  which formed 13.3% ,8.5% ,7.9% and 7.8% respectively. Gentamicine was  prescribed in 7.7% of the total antimicrobials . 27.5 % of antibiotics prescribed was given parenterally. In conclusion unwise use of antimicrobials in is a dangerous practice which has its morbidity ,mortality and economic impact on the community. Rules and laws are needed to restrict the liberal use of antimicrobials in our country.
 
 
مجلة جامعة بابل /العلوم الطبية/المجلد7/العدد 4: 2002