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What Are The Benefits In The Association Of SGLT2 Inhibitors And Other Drugs?
Author(s) -
Deici Aparecida Gomes Rodrigues,
Isabela Macêdo Alves,
Isabelly de Oliveira Pinheiro,
Élida Camilla Nunes Valões,
Erich Pires Lisboa
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international archives of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1755-7682
DOI - 10.3823/2540
Subject(s) - medicine , postprandial , glycated hemoglobin , type 2 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , hypoglycemia , pharmacology , weight loss , canagliflozin , plasma glucose , endocrinology , obesity
The SGLT2 inhibitors are a class of drugs that blocks the sodium-glucose co-transport, which is responsible for 90% of the nephron glucose. Objective: To show the benefits of the SGLT2 inhibitors in monotherapy and in association with other drugs. Results: The association of SGLT2 inhibitors and other drugs has shown several additional benefits after their interaction, including weight loss, reduction of body fat, reduction of triglycerides level, decrease of glycated hemoglobin, decrease in postprandial glucose level, reduction of arterial pressure, decrease of hypoglycemia risk and improvement of glucose metabolism. Therefore, this is a promising interaction for type 2 diabetes

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