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Antidiabetic Medication Benefits Beyond Glucose Lowering in Older People.
- Source :
- Senior Care Pharmacist; Oct2022, Vol. 37 Issue 10, p477-487, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Older people with type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk for macrovascular (damage to arteries that can lead to myocardial infarction or stroke) and microvascular (damage to small blood vessels including retinopathy and nephropathy) disease. Since 2008, newly approved antidiabetic medications have been required to show cardiovascular safety as part of the US Food and Drug Administration approval process. Since this time, new data have emerged regarding the differences between agents in terms of reducing diabetes-related complications. Older people often are at risk for or currently have one or more diabetes-related complication. When managing antidiabetic medication in older people, it is imperative to consider the risk versus benefit of each medication and to use agents that have proven benefits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- OLDER people
DRUG approval
HYPOGLYCEMIC agents
TYPE 2 diabetes
DRUGS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26399636
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Senior Care Pharmacist
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159689648
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4140/TCP.n.2022.477