Prescription Practice for Diabetes Management among a Female Population in Primary Health Care

Table 2

Distribution of prescriptions for diabetes and cardiovascular management among the total study population.

Drug group according to clinical problem	Drug name	Value (%); (regardless of combination status)	Value (%); monotherapy
Drugs for hyperglycemia	Metformin	139 (86.9)	55 (39.6)
	Sulphonylurea	77 (48.1)	6 (7.8)
	Pioglitazone	23 (14.4)	0
	Insulin	23 (14.4)	9 (39.1)
	Others; (acarbose, sitaglibtin)	5 (3.1)	0
	Total prescriptions	267	70
Antihypertensive drugs	ACE inhibitors and ARBs	61 (38.1)	38 (23.8)
	Diuretics; (thiazide + indapamide)	26 (16.2)	5 (3.1)
	B-blocker	21 (13.1)	7 (33.3)
	Calcium channel blocker	8 (5)	1 (12.5)
	Total prescriptions	124	49
Lipid lowering agents	Statin	66 (41.3)	64
	Others (fibrate, ezetimibe)	2	0
	Total prescription	68	64
Antiplatelets therapy	Aspirin	38 (23.8)	35
	clopidogrel	3	0
	Total prescriptions	41	35