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Table 4 Patients’ medications

From: Exploring paediatric rheumatology care: a ten-year retrospective analysis of the patient population in Ghana

Medications

Total

= 121

JIA

SLE

MCTD

JDM

Polymy

-ositis

Vascu-

litis

Takaya-

su’s

Marfan’s syndrome

Fibro-myalgia

Hydroxychloroquine

64

19(29.7)

35(54.7)

6(9.4)

3(4.6)

1(1.6)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

Prednisolone (oral)

100

46(46.0)

39(39.0)

9(9.0)

2(2.0)

2(2.0)

1(1.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

1(1.0)

IV Methylprednisolone

5

1(20.0)

1(20.0

1(20.0

1(20.0

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

1(20.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

Omeprazole

105

47(44.8)

40(38.1)

10(9.5)

3(2.9)

2(1.9)

1(0.9)

1(0.9)

0(0.0)

1(0.9)

Calcium

105

47(44.8)

40(38.1)

10(9.5)

3(2.9)

2(1.9)

1(0.9)

1(0.9)

0(0.0)

1(0.9)

Mycophenolate

mofetil

14

0(0.0)

12(85.7)

2(14.3)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

Azathioprine

25

2(8.0)

18(72.0)

4(16.0)

1(4.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

Methotrexate

41

33(80.5)

4(9.8)

3(7.3)

1(2.4)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

IV Cyclophosphamide

13

2(15.4)

9(69.2)

1(7.7)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

1(7.7)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

Folic acid

40

32(80.0)

3(7.5)

4(10.0)

1(2.5)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

NSAIDs

15

7(46.6)

4(26.6)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

1(6.7)

1(6.7)

1(6.7)

1(6.7)