Recently Introduced and Emerging Classes of Glucose-Lowering Drugs
Autor: | Andrew Krentz |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Zdroj: | Drug Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes ISBN: 9781908517647 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-908517-77-7_3 |
Popis: | Insulin secretagogues such as sulphonylureas cause insulin release irrespective of the prevailing glucose concentration. Enhancing insulin secretion through a glucose-dependent mechanism is an attractive, novel therapeutic approach that can circumvent some of the unwanted effects of sulphonylureas—principally weight gain and hypoglycaemia. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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