Table 1.
List of prescribed drugs taken by the patients.
|
Type of medication and illness |
Number of patient |
Percentage of patient (%) |
| Epilepsy (n = 122) | ||
| Carbamazepine | 84 | 69 |
| Phenobarbitone | 68 | 56 |
| Valporic acid | 42 | 34 |
| Others | ||
| ▪ Antimalarials | 32 | 26 |
| ▪ Antibiotics | 28 | 23 |
| ▪ Analgesics | 18 | 15 |
| Asthma (n = 78) | ||
| Salbutamol | 48 | 62 |
| Prednesolone | 32 | 41 |
| Aminophylline | 25 | 32 |
| Inhaler | ||
| ▪ Beclamethasone | 18 | 23 |
| ▪ Salbutamol | 14 | 18 |
| ▪ Salmeterol | 5 | 6 |
| Others | ||
| ▪ Antimalarials | 17 | 22 |
| ▪ Antibiotics | 23 | 30 |
| ▪ Analgesics | 16 | 21 |
| Sickle cell anaemia (n = 118) | ||
| Folic acid | 118 | 100 |
| Proguanil | 106 | 90 |
| Vitamin B-complex | 77 | 65 |
| Ascorbic acid | 65 | 55 |
| Amino acid supplement | 45 | 38 |
| Multivitamin | 41 | 35 |
| Others | ||
| ▪ Antimalarials (except proguanil) | 48 | 41 |
| ▪ Antibiotics | 59 | 50 |
| ▪ Analgesics | 52 | 44 |