Original Articles · pages 173–178
Study of Prescription Pattern of Antidiabetic Drugs used in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital
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Vishwadeep Madrewar, Suresh Dange, Anita Barde, Teja Deshpande, Aakash Kewlani, Krushal Pabari. Study of Prescription Pattern of Antidiabetic Drugs used in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2021;34(3):173–178.
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Background: Diabetes mellitus is a pandemic disease with more than 50% of diabetic population having poor glycemic control with uncontrolled hypertension, dyslipidemia and having large percentage of diabetic vascular complications. However, different classes of antidiabetic drugs such as oral hypoglycaemic agents and insulin are currently used for treatment of T1DM and T2DM with or without complications but prescription of drugs vary among physicians. So, this study was conducted to understand the trend of prescription given among the patients of Diabetes mellitus in a tertiary care hospital.
Keywords
Prescription pattern, antidiabetic drugs, case records, a national diabetes study, 174 J Int Med Sci Acad 2021