Research Article
Diabetic Complications among Adult Diabetic Patients of a Tertiary Hospital in Northeast Ethiopia
Table 2
The regimen and specific drugs used to manage types I and II diabetes in Dessie Referral Hospital, 2013 (
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| | Frequency (%) |
| Regimen | | Oral hypoglycemic agents | 111 (51.4) | Insulin only | 102 (47.2) | Oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin | 3 (1.4) | Specific drugs | | NPH** insulin | 102 (47.2) | Glibenclamide and metformin | 62 (28.7) | Metformin | 31 (14.4) | Glibenclamide | 18 (8.3) | Metformin and NPH insulin | 3 (1.4) | Total | 216 (100) |
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NPH**neutral protamine Hagedorn.
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