Prescribing trends in internal medicine.

A study was carried out to assess prescribing trends in outpatients of the Nehru Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, which is attached to the Postgraduate Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, which is attached to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. Prescriptions for 50 patients were audited under heads of generic versus trade name prescribing, the dosage, dosage form, dosage interval and duration of treatment; the prescriptions by and large were model ones - certain lacunae are discussed.