Metformin + saxagliptin for type 2 diabetes

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-146

  Scheen, André J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DPP 4 inhibitor; Fixed dose combination; Metformin; Saxagliptin; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; EXENDIN 4; GLIPIZIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LIRAGLUTIDE; METFORMIN; METFORMIN PLUS SAXAGLIPTIN; PIOGLITAZONE; ROSIGLITAZONE; SAXAGLIPTIN; SITAGLIPTIN; SULFONYLUREA; VILDAGLIPTIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADAMANTANE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIPEPTIDES; DIPEPTIDYL-PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITORS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; METFORMIN;

EID: 83455195275     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: 17447666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2012.642867     Document Type: Article

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