Introduction:

Diabetes is a disease of a chronic nature which occurs when the body loses its ability to produce the insulin needed to use it effectively. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is characterized by destruction of pancreatic beta cells in genetically predisposed individuals and the consequent deficiency in insulin production while type 2 diabetes mellitus results from the combination of insulin resistance along with inadequate secretion of it. In both cases, the insulin medication is used to ensure control of the disease.

Objective:

To characterize the prescription profile of Neutral Protamine Hagedorn insulin vial in Santa Clara Community Pharmacy.

Methods:

An observational, retrospective, descriptive and cross-sectional investigation was conducted that corresponded with a medications use study, of prescription-indication type of the medication Neutral Protamine Hagedorn insulin vial in September 2023. The universe was 852 patients and the sample was 26 patients with NPH insulin vial prescription, the sampling was simple random and the results were presented in tables using absolute numbers and percentages. The principle of confidentiality of the reviewed information and certificates for controlled medications was respected.

Results:

The female sex predominated (76.92 %), older than 50 years (84.62 %), arterial hypertension as a comorbidity (76.92 %), 4 or more medications (61.54 %) and the combination with glibenclamide, metformin, enalapril, captopril, carvedilol, acetylsalicylic acid, hydrochlorothiazide and levothyroxine sodium were the most clinically important drug interactions.

Conclusions:

The prevalence in the prescription of Neutral Protamine Hagedorn insulin vial is similar to that found in some previous studies, being more representative from the 5th decade of life and more frequent in the female sex.

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