Table 2.
Number, percent and type of prescribed medications by survey type
| Drug Classification & Type | Outpatient Surveillance (N = 5705) |
Cross Sectional (N = 303) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Antimalarial | 753 | 13.2 | 57 | 18.8 |
| Amodiaquine | 203 | 3.6 | 21 | 6.9 |
| Artemether | 160 | 2.8 | 7 | 2.3 |
| Artemether-Lumefantrine | 52 | 0.9 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Artesunate | 12 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Chloroquine | 240 | 4.2 | 20 | 6.6 |
| Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| Doxycycline | 91 | 1.6 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Primaquine | 13 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Quinine | 6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine | 461 | 8.1 | 42 | 13.9 |
| Antibiotic | 4147 | 72.7 | 223 | 73.4 |
| Amoxicillin | 1429 | 25.0 | 124 | 40.9 |
| Co-trimoxazole | 1179 | 20.7 | 70 | 23.1 |
| Benzylpenicillin | 478 | 8.4 | 42 | 13.9 |
| Chloramphenicol | 129 | 2.3 | 12 | 4.0 |
| Metronidazole | 32 | 0.6 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Erythromycin | 49 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Eye ointment | 20 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Analgesic/antipyretic | 4068 | 71.3 | 221 | 72.9 |
| Aspirin | 261 | 4.6 | 28 | 9.2 |
| Paracetamol | 3765 | 66.0 | 190 | 62.7 |
| Indomethacin | 32 | 0.6 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Haematinics | 438 | 7.7 | 10 | 3.3 |
| Ferrous salt + folic acid | 419 | 7.3 | 9 | 2.9 |
| Interferon | 19 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Gastro Intestinal | 19 | 0.3 | 5 | 1.7 |
| Cimetidine | 4 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Aluminium-Hydroxide | 15 | 0.3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Anti-diabetic | 3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Metaformin | 3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anticonvulsant | 2 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Phenobarbitone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Antiprotozoal | 343 | 6.0 | 17 | 5.6 |
| Tinidazole | 343 | 6.0 | 16 | 5.3 |
| Anthelminthic | 1022 | 17.9 | 50 | 16.5 |
| Albendazole | 1022 | 17.9 | 42 | 13.9 |
| Corticosteroid | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Prednisolone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Bronchodilator | 76 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Salbutamol | 74 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Antifungal | 12 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Dermatological lotion | 7 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Dermatological oral drugs | 5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardio-vascular | 3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Methyldopa | 3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rehydration | 82 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Oral rehydration salts | 73 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Glucose | 9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |