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 ().

Frequency (%)

Regimen
 Oral hypoglycemic agents111 (51.4)
 Insulin only102 (47.2)
 Oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin3 (1.4)
Specific drugs
 NPH** insulin102 (47.2)
 Glibenclamide and metformin62 (28.7)
 Metformin31 (14.4)
 Glibenclamide18 (8.3)
 Metformin and NPH insulin3 (1.4)
Total 216 (100)

NPH**neutral protamine Hagedorn.