Appropriateness in the prescription of antiplatelet therapy in patients attending a medical clinic in a primary medical care unit in Sri Lanka and its unwarranted burden on the institutional pharmaceutical budget

This is the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) of the article titled “Appropriateness in the prescription of antiplatelet therapy in patients attending a medical clinic in a primary medical care unit in Sri Lanka and its unwarranted burden on the institutional pharmaceutical budget.” The manuscript has undergone peer review and has been accepted for publication in the Sri Lanka Journal of Health Research, the official journal of the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka, and is currently in press (2026). This version incorporates all revisions following peer review but has not undergone publisher copyediting, typesetting, or final formatting. The final Version of Record will be published by the journal. This manuscript is deposited in accordance with the journal’s self-archiving policy permitting online dissemination prior to and during publication.