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Abstract

ASSESSMENT OF ANTI- HYPERGLYCAEMIC DRUG PRESCRIPTION PATTERN: A PROSPECTIVE, PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY

Pamidi Pradeep*, M.Prudhvi Kumar, Pamidi Praveen, M.Poornima Sravya,
P.Chandra Sai, M.Vinod Kumar, P.Ramya

Pharm.D Intern, Chalapathi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Acharya Nagarjuna
University, Guntur, A.P, India.

ABSTRACT

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic illness associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Diabetes treatment depends on the type and severity of the diabetes. prospective observational study, in the general medicine department of a tertiary care hospital. Ethical clearance was obtained prior to the study. Patient data was collected by using a patient data collection form and their drug use was recorded and subjected to analysis. A total of 472 patient’s data was recorded and analyzed for the prescription pattern of anti-diabetics using WHO Core Indicators. 67.37% prescriptions contained a single anti-diabetic drug whereas 32.62%prescriptions a combination of anti-diabetic drugs. Drugs were classified according to their class where metformin(41.19%) was found to be most prescribed followed by sulphonylureas. The combination therapy, Glimepiride + Metformin combination was most frequently prescribed followed by Glimipride+ Insulin.Average number of drugs per prescription was 5.5±2.9. Drugs prescribed by generic names(98.26%) was very much higher than prescribed by their brand names (1.73%).

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus; Anti-hyperglycaemic drug Prescribing Pattern, Drug utilization studies, ATC code.


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