More than 48 per cent of patients who suffer through brain stroke are prescribed medicines which are not even required, said AIIMS New Delhi Department of Neurology Professor Dr Kameshwar Prasad in a workshop organized in AIIMS Bhopal on Sunday.
Dr Prasad elaborated that except for some major diseases, for which medicines and treatment are prescribed by government; medicines and treatment for all the other diseases are decided by the official body of the medical specialty. Indian Academy of Neurology administers all the neurologists in the country, the executive council suggests the best treatments for diseases. He mentioned that in a research carried out among 216 patients spread all over the country who have suffered brain stroke it was found that more than 48 per cent of them have been prescribed costly medicines which are not even suggested by Indian Academy of Neurology.
It was found in the research that more than 20 per cent patients were prescribed such medicines which adversely affected the on-going treatment with side-effects. In such prescriptions more than two such useless medicines were prescribed.
Dr Prasad, who was speaking on Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis, said that motive behind giving example of the above mentioned research is to promote the researchers to look into the present treatments also besides new inventions.
He added that it is necessary to build a healthy environment in AIIMS Bhopal for research. Mortality rate due to any specific disease can be decreased by research in the sector and then adhering to the suggestions. Dr Prasad said that the motive behind establishing six AIIMS like institutions is to promote research.