Rethinam, A (2019) A Prospective Study on Prescribing Patterns of Anti-Diabetic Drugs for Patients With Type- II Diabetes Mellitus at a Tertiary Care Hospital. Masters thesis, J.K.K.Nattraja College of Pharmacy, Kumarapalayam.
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Abstract
The current study reported that type 2 diabetes was more prevalent in males than in females. A total of 426 patients had co-morbid conditions along with diabetes. Commonly seen co-morbid condition in the study was hypertension. In this study, 426 anti-diabetic drugs prescribed, among that, the physician’s most well-liked single-drug therapy more than multiple drug therapy and also the most often prescribed category was Biguanides category of anti-diabetic agents. Among Biguanides, Metformin was the foremost often utilized anti-diabetic drugs. The foremost prevalent combination of the drug was a two-drug therapy of Biguanides +sulfonylureas, among these combinations, Metformin + Glimipride was the foremost often utilized anti-diabetic drugs. Followed by 3 drug therapy were Biguanides +sulfonyl ureas+ thiazolidinedione and 4 drug therapies were Biguanides + sulfonylureas + DPP 4 inhibitors + thiazolidinedione. Pharmacists can contribute drastically to promote the rational use of medicines, even in resource-limited settings. This, of course, requires strong collaboration between different institutions and commitments of the pharmacists to the cause. Pharmacist medication review, patient counseling and telephone follow-up can limit the Adverse Drug Reactions. Medication discrepancies before and after discharge were common targets of intervention. These efforts need to encompass both studies to understand the high-quality strategies to support more successfully the splendid use of medications according to regular guidelines and progressive tools to support physician decision making and affected person compliance. This study suggests that patient expertise about the drugs is low. In this find out about cost of tablets per prescription was found to be very high. The price of prescription can be decreased employing deciding on most monetary drugs without altering its quality.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | 261740208 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Prescribing Patterns, Anti-Diabetic Drugs, Patients, Type- II Diabetes Mellitus, Tertiary Care Hospital |
| Subjects: | PHARMACY > Pharmacy Practice |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2022 11:10 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2022 11:10 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/19494 |
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