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Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by the presence of hyperglycaemia due to defective insulin secretion, insulin action or both. The estimated number of people with diabetes registered in India was 50.8 million in the 2010 and diabetes will be affecting 87 million persons by 2030. A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the outpatient Department of Medicine in “TEERTHANKER MAHAVEER HOSPITAL”, Moradabad, U.P. Proper informed consent was obtained from all patients. Among all the drugs prescribed to Type 2 DM patients, 43.4% were found to be anti-diabetic drugs. The most prescribed drugs were sulphonylureas (50.4%). Biguanides were the second most prescribed drugs (46.6%). In our study, maximum patients were prescribed combination therapy of two or more oral anti diabetic drugs (44.7%). this study strongly highlights the need for patient education or on use of antidiabetic and concomitant drugs, monitoring of blood glucose and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, dietary modification with low calorie food, and correction of diabetic complications. ISSN: 2277-8713 IJPRBS