OBJECTIVES: The objective of current study is to determine the purpose, belief and perception on CAM use by diabetic patients. This study also highlights the rate of CAM disclosure to physician METHODS: A cross-sectional study was undertaken with 148 participants, attending using CAM as mode of treatment in Quetta city, Pakistan. A self-administered questionnaire containing 16 questions was used. five questions were about diabetes, while remaining questions were on information regarding CAM use. Descriptive statistics were applied to evaluate the patient’s demographics. RESULTS: The total number of CAM users were 148,  out of which 87 (58.8%) were females and 61 (41.2%) were males. Most of the participants (n=51, 34.5%) were uneducated and belongs to large families (n=89, 60.1%). Most of participants use CAM to lower their glycemic level, majority (n=125, 84.5%) of which belief that CAM can lower their sugar level. However, only 12% of the participants disclose this CAM use to their physician.  CONCLUSIONS: The finding of current study indicates that most of diabetic CAM users population belief that CAM can control their glycemic level. However, the rate of CAM disclosure to physician was very low. Efforts should be made to encourage their diabetic CAM user to disclose their CAM use to their physician so he will give them better advise for gycemic control.