Initial choice of oral medication to lower glucose in diabetes patients examined
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - 04:00
in Health & Medicine
Patients diagnosed with diabetes and initially prescribed metformin to lower their glucose levels were less likely to require treatment intensification with a second oral medicine or insulin than patients treated first with sulfonylureas, thiazolidinediones or dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors, according to a study.