Dapagliflozin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes: A review of the literature

Drug Design, Development and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 2493-2505

  Saeed, Mujahid A ^a   Narendran, Parth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dapagliflozin; Diabetes; Review; SGLT2; SGLT2 inhibitor

Indexed keywords

DAPAGLIFLOZIN; DAPAGLIFLOZIN PLUS METFORMIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; 2-(3-(4-ETHOXYBENZYL)-4-CHLOROPHENYL)-6-HYDROXYMETHYLTETRAHYDRO-2H-PYRAN-3,4,5-TRIOL; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; BACKACHE; BALANITIS; BLADDER CANCER; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEHYDRATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIZZINESS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNICITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FANCONI BICKEL SYNDROME; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION RISK; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONOTHERAPY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIABETES; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VULVOVAGINITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS;

EID: 84916880876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11778881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DDDT.S50963     Document Type: Review

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