Differential pharmacology and clinical utility of empagliflozin in type 2 diabetes

Clinical Pharmacology: Advances and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 19-34

  Munir, Kashif M ^a   Davis, Stephen N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body weight; Empagliflozin; Glucose; Hemoglobin A1c; Pharmacology; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; EMPAGLIFLOZIN; GLIMEPIRIDE; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LINAGLIPTIN; MEGLITINIDE; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; SULFONYLUREA;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADD ON THERAPY; BALANITIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CYSTITIS; DECREASED APPETITE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC MACROANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE KIDNEY FUNCTION RELATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELIMINATION HALF-LIFE; FRACTURE; FUNGAL GENITAL INFECTION; GENITAL PRURITUS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSURIA; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEADACHE; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POLLAKISURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOMNOLENCE; THIRST; TREATMENT DURATION; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CONTROL;

EID: 84964754662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CPAA.S77754     Document Type: Review

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