OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the status quo and trend of the consumption of hypoglycemic drugs in our hospital.METHODS:The data regarding the consumption sum and the market share of each drug manufacturer of the hypoglycemic drugs between 2006 and 2008 were collected and the use of the hypoglycemic drugs in the clinic was analyzed statistically.RESULTS:The consumption sum of hypoglycemic drugs increased year by year,up 19.75% in 2007 vs.39.93% in 2008,and up 120.53% for the drugs promoting insulin secretion vs.72.73% for biological products in 2008.CONCLUSION:There is a great potential for the development of hypoglycemic drugs,and the consumption sum and sales amount of which are expected to experience a fast increase.

Objective To study the impact of essential medicine system on rational drug use in Community Health Care Center of Chun′an District .Methods Essential drug system in Community Health Care Center of Chun′an District in Zhejiang Province was taken as the intervention group ,and before implementation was taken as contrast group ,the essential medicin system was analyzed whether it was or not to promote the rational use of drugs by prescription surveys .Results Average num-ber of drugs per encounter was lower from 2 .68 to 2 .23(P< 0 .05) ,average expenditure per encounter was lower from 42 .11 yuan to 37 .75 yuan(P<0 .05) ,the use of essential medicines was riser from 79 .90% to 89 .81% (P<0 .05) ,the three in-dexes had significant difference ,the percentage of injections per encounter was lower from 37 .87% to 28 .50% (P>0 .05) ,the percentage of antibiotics per encounter was lower from 36 .52% to 24 .46% (P> 0 .05) ,the two indexes had no significant difference .Conclusion After execution of essential medicine system in Community Health Care Center of Chun′an District ,av-erage number of drugs and average expenditure per encounter were lower and the use of essential medicines was riser ,but the percentage of antibiotics and percentage of injections were not been improved ,belonged to irrational category ,although there had essential medicines manual ,but effective promoting measures still was deficient .