The effect of initial therapy with the fixed-dose combination of sitagliptin and metformin compared with metformin monotherapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 644-652

  Reasner, C ^a   Olansky, L ^b   Seck, T L ^c   Williams Herman, D E ^c   Chen, M ^c   Terranella, L ^c   Johnson Levonas, A O ^c   Kaufman, K D ^c   Goldstein, B J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; GIP; GLP 1; Metformin; Sitagliptin; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; METFORMIN; METFORMIN PLUS SITAGLIPTIN; PROINSULIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 79956315355     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: 14631326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2011.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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