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Table 3 Major drug classes and drugs prescribed for patients who were admitted for stroke at General Hospital Seberang Jaya (n = 185)

From: Survivability of patients admitted for stroke in a primary stroke center, Penang, Malaysia: a retrospective 5-year study

Major Drug Class

Patients, n (%)

Drug name

n (%)

Anti-platelets

156 (86.7%)

Aspirin

130 (48.3%)

  

Clopidogrel

91 (33.8%)

  

Glyprin

25 (9.3%)

  

Others

23 (8.6%)

Statins

152 (84.4%)

Simvastatin

99 (59.3%)

  

Atorvastatin

68 (40.7%)

Proton pump inhibitors

136 (75.6%)

Pantoprazole

134 (96.4%)

  

Omeprazole

5 (3.6%)

Anti-diabetic

73 (40.5%)

Metformin

55 (42.3%)

  

Actrapid

28 (21.5%)

  

Gliclazide

24 (18.5%)

  

Others

23 (17.7&)

Anti-hypertensive

65 (36.1%)

Perindopril

61 (88.4%)

  

Losartan

3 (4.3%)

  

Telmisartan

2 (2.9%)

  

Others

3 (4.3%)

Anti-infective

35 (19.4%)

Amoxicillin

23 (36.5%)

  

Ampicillin

9 (14.2%)

  

Carbapenem

6 (9.5%)

  

Ceftazidime

4 (6.3%)

  

Others

21 (33.3%)