Clinical Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacodynamic, and Drug–Drug Interaction Profile of Canagliflozin, a Sodium-Glucose Co-transporter 2 Inhibitor

Clinical Pharmacokinetics

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1027-1041

  Devineni, Damayanthi ^a   Polidori, David ^b  

^a JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANAGLIFLOZIN; CYCLOSPORIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE PLUS METFORMIN; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROBENECID; RIFAMPICIN; SIMVASTATIN; WARFARIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2;

DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG METABOLISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CANAGLIFLOZIN; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; SODIUM-GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2;

EID: 84942506312     PISSN: 03125963     EISSN: 11791926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40262-015-0285-z     Document Type: Review

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