Trends in the use of oral antidiabetic drugs by outpatients in Taiwan: 1997-2003

Cw, Chiang; Hf, Chiu; Cy, Chen; Wu, Honglu; Cy, Yang

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.2006.00705.x

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“…This higher prevalence of DM among elderly patients is in accordance with studies from India [8,9] and Taiwan [10]. Prevalence was slightly The results are in conformity with DECODA study group [11] and a previous study in south India [12].…”

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“…Hence metformin is currently the most frequently used oral agent to treat type 2 DM and is generally accepted as the first-line treatment for this illness [13,27,31,32]. Among the antidiabetics in our study, metformin was indeed the most frequently prescribed oral drug in monotherapy as well as in combination which is justified (Table 4) even though some studies from overseas [10,23] and India [12,33] have reported sulfonylureas as the most frequently prescribed oral antidiabetic drugs. This dissimilarity can be due to the physician's choice related to the type of patients, their coexistent illnesses, cost and availability of medicines.…”

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confidence: 66%

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Drug utilization study in diabetic patients attending medicine outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital

Suthar

Dholaria

Chavda

et al. 2014

Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries

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A cross-sectional observational study of 6 months duration was done in a tertiary care hospital to determine the drug utilization pattern among diabetic outpatients. We analyzed the collected data by using descriptive statistics and determined drug use indicators, defined daily dose (DDD)/ 1000 inhabitants/day and utilization pattern of antidiabetic drug. Antidiabetic drugs were classified according to Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification and their consumption was measured in terms of DDD/1000 inhabitants/day. 625 prescriptions were collected during this study. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) constituted the most predominant (95.36 %) group of patients; hence oral antidiabeticdrugs were prescribed to a major extent. The average number of drugs per encounter was 4.18 and the average drug cost per encounter was 269.04 Indian National Rupees (INR). Majority of the patients (77.44 %) were receiving three or more drugs. Monotherapy was observed in 29.6 % of patients with insulin as the most predominant concurrently prescribed drug (13.28 %). Dual therapy was prescribed to 45.44 % patients with metformin and glibenclamide (25.44 %) being the predominant combination. Among the various insulin regimens, typical split-mixed regimen (77.18 %) was the most frequently prescribed regime. Our results suggest that there still remains a scope for improving the prescribing pattern of antidiabetic drugs. The favoured use of metformin is acceptable, but the preference of glibenclamide over other sulfonylureas is unsound.

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Drug utilization study in diabetic patients attending medicine outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital

Suthar

Dholaria

Chavda

et al. 2014

Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries

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“…7,11,15,16,[18][19][20] Among the sulfonylureas, glimepiride was the most commonly prescribed drug along with metformin which is similar to studies. 10,18 Metformin is one of the safest and most cost effective drug compared to other drugs in terms of hypoglycaemia and decreasing BMI, hence this could be the most probable reason for this finding.…”

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Evaluation of prescribing pattern of antidiabetic drugs in medicine outpatient clinic of a tertiary care teaching hospital

Kumar

Topno

Gari

et al. 2017

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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Background: Diabetes is rapidly gaining the status of a potential epidemic in India with more than 62 million diabetics currently diagnosed with the disease. Drug utilization studies are of paramount importance for the optimization of drug therapy and promote rational drug use among health care providers. The aim of this study was to investigate the drug utilization pattern in type-2 diabetic patients. The objective of the study was to analyse the prescribing pattern of anti-diabetic drugs in a tertiary care hospital.Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional study was carried out in medicine outpatient clinic of tertiary care hospital, RIMS Ranchi for a period of 7 months. The data was analysed using WHO core indicators and Microsoft Excel 2013.Results: The total number of encounters surveyed was 94. Avg no of drugs per prescription was 3.04. Percentage of drugs prescribed by generic name was found to be 34.2%. Percentage of prescriptions was a) with antibiotics was 27.6%, b) with insulin was 14.89%, c) from essential drugs list 44.05%. Most common co morbid disease was found to be hypertension present in 27.6% cases.Most commonly use drug was found to be metformin followed by glimepiride.Conclusions: Implementation of WHO core prescribing indicators by the prescribers would help us to reduce the cost, to recognize and prevent potentially dangerous drug- drug interaction and antibiotic resistance.

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“…28 Metformin is the therapy of choice for overweight and obese patients with type 2 diabetes. 29 Metformin acts as a peripheral sensitizer of insulin and also has beneficial effects on insulin resistance, an important factor in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes.…”

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Utilization pattern of oral hypoglycemic agents for diabetes mellitus type 2 patients attending out-patient department at tertiary care centre in Bhopal

Jain

Sharma

Jain³

et al. 2016

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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Trends in the use of oral antidiabetic drugs by outpatients in Taiwan: 1997-2003

Abstract: The prescribing rates of OADs are shifting from the older OADs (i.e. SUs) to newer OADs [i.e. alpha-glucosidase inhibitor (AGI), MGs, and TZDs]. The prescribing patterns of OADs are moving toward combination therapy, especially triple oral therapy.

Cited by 24 publications

References 38 publications

Drug utilization study in diabetic patients attending medicine outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital

Drug utilization study in diabetic patients attending medicine outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital

Evaluation of prescribing pattern of antidiabetic drugs in medicine outpatient clinic of a tertiary care teaching hospital

Utilization pattern of oral hypoglycemic agents for diabetes mellitus type 2 patients attending out-patient department at tertiary care centre in Bhopal

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