The pharmacologic basis for clinical differences among GLP-1 receptor agonists and DPP-4 inhibitors

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 189-201

  Morales, Javier ^a  

^a Advanced Internal Medicine Group   (United States)

Author keywords

DPP 4 inhibitor; Exenatide; GLP 1 receptor agonist; Incretin; Linagliptin; Liraglutide; Pharmacology; Saxagliptin; Sitagliptin; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; EXENDIN 4; GASTRIC INHIBITORY POLYPEPTIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLIMEPIRIDE; GLIPIZIDE; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUCOSE; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; INCRETIN; INSULIN; LINAGLIPTIN; LIRAGLUTIDE; METFORMIN; ROSIGLITAZONE; SAXAGLIPTIN; SITAGLIPTIN; SULFONYLUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADD ON THERAPY; AGE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CALORIC INTAKE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIZZINESS; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPEPSIA; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXERCISE; EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS; FACE EDEMA; FATIGUE; FETUS RISK; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GLUCAGON RELEASE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOGENICITY; INJECTION SITE CONTUSION; INJECTION SITE PRURITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; RACE; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SATIETY; SEX; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN EXFOLIATION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIPEPTIDYL-PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITORS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INCRETINS; PANCREATITIS; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, GLUCAGON; VENOMS;

EID: 82155192702     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2011.11.2508     Document Type: Article

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