Introduction and Aim: Diabetes is an opportunistic killer. Approximately 77 million people in India suffer from diabetes. A person develops diabetes due to genetic predisposition, family history, obesity, lack of physical activity, diet low in fruits and vegetables. Modification of life style and pharmacotherapy of diabetes are often indicated to control diabetes and emergence of complications. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to evaluate the prescription pattern of antidiabetic

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... among indoor patient with adherence to WHO core prescribing indicator. Materials and Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted for a period of six months and 140 case sheets of indoor diabetic patients admitted in Medicine department were collected from MRD office after prior approval from IEC. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Results: The study showed male preponderance of 75.71% in comparison to female 24.29%. The pattern of antidiabetic prescribed showed highest prescription rate of various preparations of insulin (68.57%) with regular insulin most commonly prescribed preparation (64.58%). Among oral antidiabetic drugs metformin (42.86%) was most commonly used. The percentage of drug prescribed in generic name was 36.36% and the percentage of drugs prescribed from National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) was found to be 69.7%. Conclusion: The study provided substantial information about the prescribing practices of physicians and also paved a way to formulate prescribing policies at our institution.