NDLI: Investigation of Outpatients Prescribing Pattern of Antidiabetic Drugs in Type-2 Diabetic Patients-A Study Conducted At A Tertiary Care Hospital

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Investigation of Outpatients Prescribing Pattern of Antidiabetic Drugs in Type-2 Diabetic Patients-A Study Conducted At A Tertiary Care Hospital

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Author	Goel, Mani Rawat, Neelam
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Recent Study in the tertiary hospital in North India showed that Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus Type -2 is on the increase. To Evaluate the Utilization of Oral hypoglycaemic drugs in Diabetic Type-2, the study was conducted on Patients with established type 2 diabetes (n=360) visiting Out Patient Department. Patients were interviewed and the data obtained was tabulated in Microsoft Excel. In the present study the maximum number of patients suffering from Type 2 DM (51.2%) were males, from age group of 51-60 years. The prevalence of co-morbidities in Diabetic Patients Suffering from Hypertension was 30.56%. Sulphonylureas were the most prescribed oral Hypoglycaemics in 53.2% patients and the combination of Sulphonylureas and Biguanides was most prescribed combination in 33.3% patients. Cardiovascular drugs were the second most prescribed class 49.5% in hypertensive patients. During study, 3.6% were Average drugs prescribed, 72.5% were generic prescription, 98.6% drugs were from National Essential Drug list, 1.7% were antibiotics and 7.9% were Injections. Our study showed that the approach of treatment is initiation of therapy with lifestyle modifications followed by oral anti diabetics or their combinations. It is suggested that Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose (SMBG) should be promoted in Indian diabetic patients for glycemic control.
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Language	English
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