A Study on Insulin use, Prescription Pattern and its Regimens in a Tertiary Care Hospital

According to WHO, the prevalence of diabetes has been increasing rapidly over the last decades and at present time the estimated global prevalence of diabetes is around 9%2. Insulin therapy is used in the management of diabetes mellitus of all types and the need for insulin depends on the balance between insulin secretion and insulin resistance5. [...]the present study was carried out to establish current prescribing pattern of insulin in In-patients of general medicine and paediatric department of a teaching hospital. According to the results obtained from our study, we observed more patients either obese or overweight. [...]it is observed that long term glycaemic control in patients with diabetes is poorer who show non adherence to prescribed insulin.