THE MOST COMMONLY PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS BY PEDIATRICIANS IN MOSUL CITY

Pediatric diseases and thus their medications are described as rarely occurring, moderately occurring, and frequently occurring. The purpose of this study is to identify the most frequently prescribed categories of pediatric medications by pediatric specialists in the city of Mosul.

100 medical prescriptions written by pediatric specialists in their private clinics from various locations in the city of Mosul. Upon receiving a prescription from one of these doctors, the research member would copy the prescription and keep it. When 100 prescriptions were collected, each prescription was examined, and the prescribed medications were classified into groups according to their pharmacological effect.

The highest frequency of prescribed drug categories by pediatric specialists in Mosul was antibiotics, with a usage rate of 27.77%, followed by gastrointestinal drugs at 22.22%, then analgesics and antipyretics at 18.88%, then antihistamines at 14.44%, followed by vitamins and nutritional supplements at 8.88%, and lastly respiratory system drugs at 7.77%.

The results of the current study show that the most prescribed drug class by pediatricians in Mosul city are the antibiotics. Also, the types of antibiotics prescribed differ significantly in all three countries, and this depends on the protocol of treatment in each country. Other classes of drugs in the other studies show some similarity, as in Mosul City and sometimes show significant differences from Mosul City, and this depends on different factors and on different climates.