Medical Research News and Interviews_ MedicalResearch.com Dr. Hu: in this study among approximately 5000 patients with type 2 diabetes followed for up to 10 years, longer duration of sulfonylurea therapy was associated with a higher risk of coronary heart disease. The continuous sulfonylurea therapy for 10 ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference The primary outcome was to determine the risk for the association between sulfonylurea use and incident cardiovascular disease. During the time period of the study, 191 cases of CHD and 148 cases of stroke were identified. The risk of CHD was greatest ...
TwoCircles.net Ahmad further clarified that patients on Metformin and Sulfonylurea observing fast should continue the Metformin in the usual dose and take the sulfonylurea tablet before dinner. Those with Type 2 diabetes taking Metformin alone can undertake fast safely.
Medscape Welcome to Medscape. I am Ronan Roussel, Professor of Diabetology at the Bichat Hospital in Paris, France. We will talk today about the safety of antidiabetic drugs. For the chronic disease that is diabetes, we very often need antidiabetic drugs ... and more »
Medscape The analysis of 7620 diabetic patients and HF (58% male) treated with metformin or a sulfonylurea but not a thiazolidinedione included 887 patients who starte...
Medscape Patients with gene variants for cytochrome P450 2C9 have decreased sulfonylurea clearance and thus have larger decreases in blood glucose. Carriers of other variants, such as PPAR-gamma, that regulate fatty-acid storage and glucose metabolism show ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference Fifteen individuals with well-controlled type 2 diabetes, who were not taking medications except sulfonylurea or metformin, were randomized to receive 50g whey in 250ml water or placebo followed by a standardized high-glycemic index breakfast ... and more »
Diabetes Health (press release) Revisit your prescriptions—Remember, most type 2 medications lose their effectiveness over time. That is why you can start on metformin or a sulfonylurea but later have to add or switch to Januvia, or Byetta, or Invokana. If your control is slipping ...
