Application of Oral Antidiabetic Drugs in Our Hospital in 2006 / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the application and trend of oral antidiabetic drugs in our hospital. METHODS: The use of oral antidiabetic drugs in our hospital in 2006 was analyzed retrospectively in respect of consumption sum, DDDs, drugs daily cost (DDC) and drugs utilization index (DUI) etc. RESULTS: The top 3 antidiabetic drugs in respect of consumption sum were acarbose, gliquidone and glipizide. The top 3 antidiabetic drugs in respect of DDDs were metformin, glipizide and acarbose. CONCLUSION: The use of oral antidiabetic drugs used in our hospital is rational on the whole, leading the list were biguanides, sulfonylurea and glycosidase-inhibitors.