A Prospective Observational Study to Find out Prevalence of Polypharmacy, Co-Morbidities and Drug-Related Problems among Type 2 Diabetes Patients at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital
Abstract:Background: Presently India, depicts 49% of the world’s diabetes burden, with an approximated 72 million cases in 2017. Comorbidities make type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) management complicated for health care providers. Therefore, patients have been prescribed multiple drugs. As a result of polypharmacy, the chances of the occurrence of drug-related problems (DRPs) increase.
Objective: The present study aimed to find out the prevalence of comorbidities, polypharmacy, and drug-related problems among type 2… Show more
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