Tag Nicholas A. Levy

Uses Oral hypoglycemic agents are used to manage type 2 diabetes mellitus. The term oral hypoglycemic agents is becoming obsolete and is being replaced by the term noninsulin glucose-lowering drugs because the glucagon-like peptide 1 analogues are injected. You’re Reading…

Uses Treatment of type 2 DM, particularly in overweight pts, when dietary management and exercise alone do not result in adequate glycemic control. A reduction of diabetic complications has been shown in overweight type 2 diabetic pts treated with metformin…