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A prescription survey in diabetes assessing metformin use in a tertiary care hospital in Eastern India
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- 2*,
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- 1School of Biosciences and Clinical Research, Apeejay Stya University,Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
- 2Department of Pharmacology, Zydus Research Centre, Ahmadabad, School of Biosciences and Clinical Research, Apeejay Stya University,Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
- 3Department of Pharmacy Practice, Bharat Institute of Pharmacy, Hyderabad, India.
Published in Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics
Correspondence: Ananya Mandal
Department of Pharmacology, Zydus Research Centre, Ahmadabad, School of Biosciences and Clinical Research, Apeejay Stya University,Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
Email: drananyamandal@gmail.com
Copyright: © 2012 The Author(s). This is an open access article.
Abstract
Metformin was prescribed in 304 prescriptions. It was the highest prescribed antidiabetic drug among hospital prescriptions (80% prescriptions). The reasons for not prescribing metformin included pregnancy, intolerance and lack of compliance, and lifestyle modifications. While some patients were intolerant to metformin manifesting as gastrointestinal intolerance, there were others who complained of difficulty in swallowing the large metformin tablets.
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