Study The Overprescription Of Proton Pump Inhibitors And Their Relation With Recurrent Community Aquired Infections In Outpatient Refilled Prescriptions Of Chronic Diseases Patients

  • Aysha Abedalhameed Alkhalaylah Royal Medical Services, Jordan
  • Maisan Mahmoud Hayajneh Royal Medical Services, Jordan
  • Shireen Imad Hijazeen Royal Medical Services, Jordan
  • Tahanie Ali Alqhewii Royal Medical Services, Jordan
  • Eva Raji Haddad Royal Medical Services, Jordan
  • Jaafar abu abeeleh Royal Medical Services, Jordan
  • Sawsan al-sharary Royal Medical Services, Jordan
  • Ahed J Alkhatib Jordan University of Science and Technology

Abstract

Background: proton pump inhibitors are widely used worldwide and studies have demonstrated that the use of PPIs to be associated with various diseases such as several types of infection. Study objectives: to explore the effect of using PPIs on patients through studying some inflammatory biomarkers including WBC, neutrophil count, ESR, CRP, and IL-6. Methods and subjects: a retrospective study design was followed to collect data from study participants. The study included 62 patients receiving PPIs and 60 persons without being prescribed for PPIs. A working sheet was created for each patient and included the following information: age, WBC, neutrophil count, ESR, CRP, and IL-6. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS version 20. The relationship between variables was tested using independent T test. Significance was considered at alpha level < 0.05. Study findings: age was not varied significantly between study group and control group. All inflammatory biomarkers under study were significantly elevated in study group compared with control group. Conclusions: the findings of the present study showed that the use of PPIs was associated significantly with increased inflammatory biomarkers. We think that health settings should pay much attention to the role of pharmacists and pharmacy doctors to increase the awareness about the use of PPIs.

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Published
2016-02-29
How to Cite
Alkhalaylah, A. A., Hayajneh, M. M., Hijazeen, S. I., Alqhewii, T. A., Haddad, E. R., abeeleh, J. abu, al-sharary, S., & Alkhatib, A. J. (2016). Study The Overprescription Of Proton Pump Inhibitors And Their Relation With Recurrent Community Aquired Infections In Outpatient Refilled Prescriptions Of Chronic Diseases Patients. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 12(6), 116. https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2016.v12n6p116

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