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A comparative analysis of Pharmaceuticals product utilizations by Rural and Urban peoples in Kamrup district, Assam, India | Abstract
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A comparative analysis of Pharmaceuticals product utilizations by Rural and Urban peoples in Kamrup district, Assam, India

Author(s): Harajyoti Mazumdar, Mamoni Mazumdar, Dipankar Gogoi and Sangeeta Dutta

Response to different drugs and its consumptions is an important issue now a days. There were varieties of drugs available in market with variable functions. Advance technology, consumer satisfactions, cost were some of the important factors which were directly correlated with selling of drugs. Effective treatment and its availability were some issue which compared its utilizations by rural and urban areas. Anti-diabetic drugs were mostly consumed whereas Neuropsychiatry drugs were least consumed in urban area. Rural areas shows more consumptions of anti-diabetic drugs but interestingly gastrointestinal and analgesics drugs were also reported same percentage of consumptions in rural areas. In individual cases, both vitamins and analgesics drugs were consumed by rural areas. 66% antibiotics drugs were consumed, out of which penicillin records itself as 67% consumptions in rural areas. 88% of penicillin among antibiotics was recorded in urban areas while vitamins contribute 86% to selling of drugs. There were different periodical demands in pharmaceutical drugs which also vary among areas. Antidiabetics, vitamins, minerals and nutrients were most demands in rural areas. On the other hand pain, vitamins, minerals and drugs were recorded selling in urban areas. There were no significant differences (p=0.084) in availability and consumptions of different drugs in both rural and urban areas.