Prescribing Trends in Diabetic Neuropathy at a Tertiary Care Hospital

Authors

  • Parvin Banu Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India
  • Subir Mondal 6th Semester MBBS Student, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India
  • Arunava Biswas Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9676-3410
  • Syed Mohammed Naser Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Bankura Sammilani Medical College, Bankura, India
  • Mausumi Niyogi Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v9i5.20056

Keywords:

Diabetic neuropathy, prescribing pattern, tertiary hospital

Abstract

Background: Neuropathy, being a common complication of diabetes mellitus is frequently encountered in patients related to duration and severity of hyperglycaemia and had a multi-modality treatment approach by the treating physicians.

Aims and Objective: To understand and analyze the current drug prescribing trends in the management of diabetic neuropathy in hospitalized and OPD patients in a tertiary care hospital.

Materials and Methods: A cross sectional, observational study on (n=100) patients of either sex aged between 18 to 70 years admitted in the Department of Neuromedicine as well as visiting the OPD was conducted for a period of 3 months. Prescriptions were collected and the relevant information i.e. drugs prescribed for diabetic neuropathy only excluding other drugs mentioned in the prescription were documented in a predesigned, pretested proforma and were analyzed.

Results: All the prescribed drugs i.e. (100%) were oral formulations. The average number of drugs prescribed per prescription for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy including indoor and OPD patients was 3.60 ± 0.66. Prescription of single drug for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy was found to be the commonest trend among the prescribers i.e. 78% of all the prescriptions and they were all in their generic form.

Conclusion: Gabapentin and pregablin (antiepileptics), amitryptylline (anti-depressants) and methylcobalamine were most commonly prescribed drugs. Side effects profiles of these drugs were also well evident among the patients. Much larger multicentric studies of similar type including private and public hospitals might reflect the true scenario of current drug prescribing trend among physicians in treating diabetic neuropathy.

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.9(5) 2018 8-11

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Author Biographies

Parvin Banu, Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India

Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology

Subir Mondal, 6th Semester MBBS Student, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India

6th Semester MBBS Student

Arunava Biswas, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Syed Mohammed Naser, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Bankura Sammilani Medical College, Bankura, India

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Mausumi Niyogi, Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India

Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology

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Published

2018-08-31

How to Cite

Banu, P., Mondal, S., Biswas, A., Naser, S. M., & Niyogi, M. (2018). Prescribing Trends in Diabetic Neuropathy at a Tertiary Care Hospital. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 9(5), 8–11. https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v9i5.20056

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Vol. 9 No. 5 (2018)

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