The dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in challenging patient groups

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1067-1085

  Kountz, David ^a  

^a JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Chronic kidney disease; Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors; Elderly; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ALBIGLUTIDE; ALOGLIPTIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; GASTRIC INHIBITORY POLYPEPTIDE; GLIMEPIRIDE; GLINIDE DERIVATIVE; GLIPIZIDE; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LINAGLIPTIN; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; SAXAGLIPTIN; SITAGLIPTIN; SULFONYLUREA; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VILDAGLIPTIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REPRESSION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLUCAGON RELEASE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INJURY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULNERABLE POPULATION; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROGNOSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIPEPTIDYL-PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84890547572     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: 18658652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-013-0071-y     Document Type: Review

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