Prescribing Antibiotics by General and Specialist Physicians:A Pharmacist Administrated Survey

This study was carried out to evaluate the pattern of antibiotics prescribed by either General Physician or specialist, mostly practiced medicine in the private sectors, in Gorgan, Located in south-east Caspian sea in the northern Iran. This research was a prospective study, using a pharmacist administrated questionnaires to record the prescribed antibiotics. The findings indicated amoxicillin, cephalexin, penicillin, with 31.4, 21 and 17.4% are among the most widely prescribed antibiotics, respectively. ENT specialist prescribed the highest rate of antibiotics (24.1%), although as whole General physicians are among high antibiotics prescribing doctors, with such rate of antibiotics prescription, an educational program, among the community health centers, especially for young physicians on the need for antibiotics therapy and risk factors associated with increase rate of antibiotic resistant organism are suggested.