Hypoglycemic Agents - Adverse effects
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Three-year efficacy of complex insulin regimens in type 2 diabetes.

20 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Evidence supporting the addition of specific insulin regimens to oral therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is limited. METHODS: In this 3-year open-label, multicenter trial, we evaluated 708 patients who had suboptimal ... Read more...

Pharmacotherapy of hyperglycemia.

29 Sep 2009 Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic, progressive disorder that affects more than 230 million people worldwide and is expected to affect 366 million by 2030. Both the prevalence of T2DM and the cost of its long term complications has driven ... Read more...

Metformin: diamonds are forever.

29 Sep 2009 Metformin has now been established as the drug of choice for the first-line management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. It reduces insulin resistance, improves glycaemic control, and can be safely combined with other classes of oral hypoglycaemic ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hypoglycemic Agents - Adverse effects'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Images in clinical medicine. Injection-site lipoatrophy. 3 Nov 2009
• Three-year efficacy of complex insulin regimens in type 2 diabetes. 20 Oct 2009
• Pharmacotherapy of hyperglycemia. 29 Sep 2009
• Metformin: diamonds are forever. 29 Sep 2009
• Could insulin sensitization be used as an alternative to intensive insulin therapy to improve the survival of intensive care unit patients with stress-induced hyperglycemia? 29 Sep 2009
• Leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with insulin aspart in a patient with type 2 diabetes. 29 Sep 2009
• Rosiglitazone and pioglitazone. Beware fractures. 27 Sep 2009
• Rosiglitazone and pioglitazone. Beware macular oedema. 20 Sep 2009
• Metformin associated lactic acidosis. 14 Sep 2009
• Serum glucose control in diabetic patients with cardiovascular disease: should we be less aggressive? 30 Aug 2009
• [Relationship between insulin resistance and bone metabolism] 30 Aug 2009
• [Overview: derangement of bone metabolism in diabetes mellitus] 30 Aug 2009
• Type 2 diabetes: where we are today: an overview of disease burden, current treatments, and treatment strategies. 30 Aug 2009
• Efficacy and safety of incretin based therapies: clinical trial data. 30 Aug 2009
• Type 2 diabetes: epidemiology and treatment, pathophysiology, new therapeutics, and the evolving role of the pharmacist. 30 Aug 2009
• Differential chemistry (structure), mechanism of action, and pharmacology of GLP-1 receptor agonists and DPP-4 inhibitors. 30 Aug 2009
• Selecting among ADA/EASD tier 1 and tier 2 treatment options. 30 Aug 2009
• Exercise-related hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure in diabetes. 30 Aug 2009
• Hypoglycemia with intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients: predisposing factors and association with mortality. 30 Aug 2009
• Hypoglycemia and intensive insulin therapy: strict vigilance and prompt correction. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Hypoglycemic Agents'

Definition: Agents which lower the blood glucose level.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D007004

Alternative terms: Hypoglycemic Agents; Agents, Hypoglycemic; Hypoglycemics; Hypoglycemic Drugs; Drugs, Hypoglycemic; Antidiabetics; Antidiabetic Drugs; Drugs, Antidiabetic; Antidiabetic Agents; Agents, Antidiabetic;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Tree Number: D27.505.696.422;

Online Note: use HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS to search ANTIDIABETICS 1966-75

History Note: 76; was NON MESH 1975, was see under ANTIDIABETICS 1968-74; ANTIDIABETICS was heading 1963-75