DRUG UTILIZATION PATTERN OF METABOLIC AND NON METABOLIC SYNDROME OF TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS AT OUTPATIENT WARD
Department of Pharmacy Practice, MGM Hospital, VCOP, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India
Subash Vijayakumar
Head, Department of Pharmacy Practice, MGM Hospital, VCOP, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India
Sandhya Rani P
Department of Pharmacy Practice, MGM Hospital, VCOP, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India
Drug utilization is defined as the marketing, distribution, prescription, and use of drugs in society with emphasis on the resulting medical and social consequences. WHO specifies drug use indicators for adoption in drug utilization studies. The objective of this study was to analyse and evaluate the medical, social and economic outcomes of the drug therapy and observe the prescribing attitude of physician in diabetic patients. The study was conducted using WHO-based prescription auditing performa. Data was recorded from the patients attending the hospital outpatient department. (OPD) of endocrinology. The results of the present study shows that anti-diabetics of metformin and glibenclamide was more prescribed in non-metabolic syndrome patients (35.09%) compared to metabolic syndrome patients (33.19%). Average drugs prescribed were 4.38 in metabolic syndrome patients compared to 3.62 in non-metabolic syndrome patients. Percentage of generics prescribed were 90.73 in metabolic syndrome patients compared to 93.5 in non-metabolic syndrome patients. Our article suggest that the incidence of polypharmacy in Type 2 diabetic patients was low and generics and essential drug prescription is high in our clinical set up and therefore drug used in our hospital is quite rational. In future, improving the patient knowledge regarding the drug therapy, dose and frequency will perhaps improves the quality of life in Type 2 diabetic patients
3 , 1 , 2013
49 - 55
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