1Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, RGSC, Banaras Hindu University, Mirzapur-231001 (Uttar Pradesh)
2Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Thakurdwara, Moradabad (SVPUA&T)-244601 (Uttar Pradesh)
3Assistant Professor, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Rewa, NDVSU, Jabalpur-486001 (Madhya Pradesh)
4Assistant Professor-cum-Scientist, DRPCAU, Pusa, Samastipur-848125 (Bihar)
*Corresponding Author's Email - ankitsingh.r7@gmail.com
Online Published on 16 October, 2024.
The present study was based on shop to shop survey for the availability of different antihypertensive medicines which are being used in therapy of hypertension in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh. A total of 124 pharmacy shops including both allopathic and homeopathic were contacted during the survey. The results revealed that antihypertensive medicines from class calcium antagonists, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers and beta-blockers were present in all (100%) the pharmacy shops, followed by diuretics (94.50%), aldosterone antagonist (69.72%), alpha blockers (55.96%) and vasodilators (21.10%). Ayurvedic medicines were present in few of the pharmacy shops which were surveyed while homeopathic preparation of various makes was present in each of the homeopathic pharmacy shops which were used for treatment of hypertension.
Antihypertensive, Hypertension, Medicine, Pharmacy, Varanasi
