Drug Treatment of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis in a Tertiary Hospital in Northern Ghana: Does It Comply with Recommended Guidelines?

Table 2

Medicines prescribed for etiologies of liver cirrhosis ().

Etiology		Medicines utilized	Dose range	(%)
CHB	80	Tenofovir	300 mg od	21 (26.3)
		Lamivudine	150 mg od	2 (2.5)
CHC	30	Sofosbuvir/ledipasvir	400/90 mg od	3 (10.0)
		Ribavirin	400 mg bd	1 (3.3)
HCC	15	Sorafenib	400 mg bd	5 (33.3)
ALD	8	Thiamine	100 mg od	7 (87.5)
		Baclofen	10 mg tds	4 (50.0)
		Diazepam	10 mg bd/tds	3 (37.5)

: total number of patients with known etiology; : number of patients for each etiology; : number of patients for each etiology treated; CHB: chronic hepatitis B; CHC: chronic hepatitis C, ALD: alcoholic liver disease; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; od: every 24 hourly; bd: 12 hourly; tds: 8 hourly.