Empagliflozin: Role in Treatment Options for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 33-53

  Anderson, John E ^a   Wright, Eugene E ^b   Shaefer, Charles F ^c  

^a Frist Clinic   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empagliflozin; Hyperglycemia; Hypoglycemia; SGLT2 inhibitor; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

CANAGLIFLOZIN; DAPAGLIFLOZIN; EMPAGLIFLOZIN; ERTUGLIFLOZIN; GLIMEPIRIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LINAGLIPTIN; METFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; SAXAGLIPTIN; SITAGLIPTIN; SULFONYLUREA;

BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FUNGAL GENITAL INFECTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROSEPSIS;

EID: 85012191703     PISSN: 18696953     EISSN: 18696961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13300-016-0211-x     Document Type: Review

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