DRUG PRESCRIPTION PATTERNS FOR RHEUMATIC DISORDERS IN SWEDEN

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 11  (4) , 493-499
Abstract
Drug prescription patterns, expressed in defined daily doses (DDD), were registered for disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) and for nonsteroidal antinflammatory drugs (NSAID). An increased prescription of DMARD was found at a national level (Sweden), starting with chloroquine, followed by penicillamine and finally by Au. Among NSAID for oral use, the prescription of indomethacin and phenylbutazone gradually decreased in Sweden. Naproxen and ibuprofen increased rapidly, surpassing the others. This increase was far less marked at the county level and at the rheumatology department of Umea, in which the overall prescription of NSAID for inpatients decreased.