Abstract

ASSESSMENT OF PREVALENCE AND DRUG PRESCRIBING PATTERN OF TYPE-II DIABETES MELLITUS

Jaladi Himaja*, Dr. B. S. Suresha, Nancy Grace Daniel and Linta Kurian

ABSTRACT

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an endocrinological and/or metabolic disorder with an increasing global prevalence and incidence. High blood glucose levels are symptomatic of diabetes mellitus as a consequence of inadequate pancreatic insulin secretion or poor insulin-directed mobilization of glucose by target cells. Objectives: To assess the prevalence and drug prescribing pattern of type-II diabetes mellitus. Study Design: An assessment of prevalence and drug prescribing pattern of type-II diabetes mellitus was a prospective observational study conducted in General Medicine Department, MIMS Teaching Hospital and Research Centre, Mandya, Karnataka, using a well-designed patient data collection form. Result: Out of 121 diabetic patients studied 56.20% were males, 43.80% were females. Most of the patients with diabetes fall in the age group of 61-70 years. In Monotherapy, the most commonly prescribed drug was insulin (40.49%) followed by Metformin, Sulfonylureas and Voglibose. In combination therapy, patients were mostly prescribed with Insulin+Metformin combination (11.57%). Discussion and Conclusion: Study result shows that male patients admitted were more compared to female and may infer that males are more prone to type-2 diabetes mellitus compared to female gender, which is mainly due to the stressful life, food habits and sedentary lifestyle. The number of diabetic patients prescribed with monotherapy is more when compared with combination therapy and the most common drug used is insulin.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, Drug prescribing pattern, Monotherapy and Combination Therapy.