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Abstract Pharmacoepidemiology is the study of the utilization and effects of drugs in large numbers of people. Drug utilization research is an essential part of pharmacoepidemiology as it describes the extent, nature and determinants of drug exposure. Over time the distinction between these two terms has become less sharp and they are sometimes used interchangeably. This study was conducted in NEW KASR AL AINI TEACHING HOSPITAL. It is a descriptive retrospective study, applied on 1000 electronic medical records for patients had taken systemic antimicrobial and / or systemic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. in 2008. It was revealed that 894 (89.4%) of patients had antibiotic prescriptions. Cephalosporins showed the highest rate (73.8%) of prescriptions of total antibiotics prescribed patients followed by penicillins (29.7%) then Quinolones &sulpha group (20%) and aminoglycosides (15.8%). Regarding other systemic antimicrobials in this study, they represented about one quarter (25.4%) of the studied sample. It was found that metronidazole alone was significantly higher prescribed (84.6%) than other antimicrobials. Patients who had NSAIDs prescriptions represented (77.4%) of the studied sample. It was found that paracetamol was the most commonly prescribed NSAIDs (54.3%) of NSAIDs prescribed patients, this is followed by acetic acid derivatives group (35.4%) then salicylates &indoles almost equal percentage of usage (26.5% & 26.1% respectively). |