Recently Introduced and Emerging Classes of Glucose-Lowering Drugs

Autor: Andrew Krentz
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