Biguanides.

Diabetes is a chronic disease associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The present study objective is to assess the prescription pattern of anti diabetics in diabetic patients. A prospective observational study was carried out for a period of one month in the department of medicine of BMCH&RC teaching hospital. The study result shows that among 56 patient’s 26 (46.4%) males and 30 (51.78%) females were enrolled.  Among these 17 (30.35%) were in the age group of 61-70 years. Among the various anti diabetics, sulfonylureas were accounted for 8.77%. Among the study Population, 40 (70.17%) patients were treated with insulin Inj and 10 (17.54%) of the total drugs were fixed dose combination. our study concluded that insulin and sulfonylurea’s were the most commonly prescribed and more patients were treated with poly-pharmacy. The average numbers of drugs per prescription were 6. Study was conducted for a short period of time hence the no. of patients were less.