Table 3. Availability rating of anti-diabetic medicines.
Availability | Public hospitals | Private pharmacies | ||
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OBs | Gs | OBs | Gs | |
Not available | None | None | Pioglitazone | None |
Very low | Glimepiride Glipizide Pioglitazone | Acarbose Glibenclamide Glimepiride Pioglitazone |
Glipizide Glimepiride Repaglinide |
Glibenclamide |
Low | Gliclazide Metformin | Gliclazide Glipizide | None | Pioglitazone |
fairly high | Acarbose Repaglinide | Repaglinide | None | Acarbose Gliclazide Repaglinide |
High | None | Metformin | Acarbose Gliclazide Metformin |
Glimepiride Glipizide Metformin |
OBs: originator brands. Gs: generics.