A retrospective 5-year random sample of 196 charts of patients with asthma was obtained from two hospital-based outpatient clinics. The chart reviews showed that age- and severity-matched males and females with asthma were prescribed antihistamines in similar proportions; however, 16.8% of the females were prescribed a tranquilizer or sedative compared with 8.5% of the males. The females (8.7%) also were prescribed a combination of these drugs, or two tranquilizers; none of the males were prescribed more than one CNS depressant. Results showed that, in this study, females were prescribed CNS depressants three times as often as males.
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Chittleborough, Catherine R.
Taylor, Anne W.
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Taylor, Anne W.
Dal Grande, Eleonora
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Dal Grande, Eleonora
Gill, Tiffany K.
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Gill, Tiffany K.
Grant, Janet F.
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Grant, Janet F.
Adams, Robert J.
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Univ Adelaide, Queen Elizabeth Hosp, Dept Med, Hlth Observ, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaS Australian Dept Hlth, Populat Res & Outcome Studies Unit, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Adams, Robert J.
Wilson, David H.
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Ruffin, Richard E.
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