Utilización de azitromicina en el área de salud Mártires de Calabazar. 2008

drugs usage studies (dus) in their different variants analyze the commercialization, distribution, prescription and use of the medicaments in a society in order to identify the problems in their use and their conditioning factors. it was made a dus of the type prescription-indication with elements of consumption and therapeutic scheme where the use of available azitromicin in four drugstores at the primary health attention area was evaluated during a period of three months in 2008. the indicated prescriptions of this antimicrobial drug were checked during the mentioned period in order to evaluate the correct administration of it taking into account the indications and the total doses ordered by physicians. the most important results determined that the consumption of azitromicin in this area was of two dhd (daily defined doses each 1000 inhabitants per day). the respiratory system infections were the most frequent causes for prescribing azitromicin but over a quarter of the prescribed doses were incorrect. it was concluded that more than a 40 % of the evaluated prescription in the study were erroneously indicated.