Irrational Prescription

Over use of antibiotics, indiscriminate use of injections, excessive use of drugs, use of anabolic steroids for growth and use of tonics and multivitamins for malnutrition are some of irrational practices.

Prevention of irrational prescribing: To prevent irrational prescription the following measures should be taken-a) making correct diagnosis b) limiting the number of the drugs c) encouraging the availability of essential drugs d)providing adequate training,drug information and standard treatment guidelines(STG) to the prescribers incorporating the concept of essential drugs e) teaching of rational prescribing into the curricula of medicine,pharmacy,dentistry and nursing and f) finally providind effective public education to the consumers.