• DOI:10.2165/00003495-200565030-00005
Corpus ID: 29670619

Oral Antidiabetic Agents

@article{Krentz2012OralAA,
  title={Oral Antidiabetic Agents},
  author={Andrew J. Krentz and C. Bailey},
  journal={Drugs},
  year={2012},
  volume={65},
  pages={385-411}
}

Andrew J. Krentz, C. Bailey

Published 2012

Medicine

Drugs

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a progressive and complex disorder that is difficult to treat effectively in the long term. The majority of patients are overweight or obese at diagnosis and will be unable to achieve or sustain near normoglycaemia without oral antidiabetic agents; a sizeable proportion of patients will eventually require insulin therapy to maintain long-term glycaemic control, either as monotherapy or in conjunction with oral antidiabetic therapy. The frequent need for escalating… CONTINUE READING

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