Type of anti-diabetic prescribed
In this drug utilization study, 100 prescriptions were analyzed. A total
of 195 antidiabetic drugs prescribed, of which 37.90 % were Biguanides,
22.60 % sulphonylureas, 25.64 % were insulin. DPP-4 Inhibitors were
7.20% , 1.02% were thiazolidinediones (PPARγ activator) and 5.64%
were α-Glucosidase inhibitors. Most of the anti- diabetic prescribed
were from the essential medicine list. During the study, it was observed
that most frequently prescribed anti-diabetic drug classes were
biguanides insulin and sulphonylureas and the most frequently prescribed
anti-diabetic as monotherapy among them is Biguanides.