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Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors

01-31-2020 | Cardiovascular outcomes | News

Cardiovascular risks, benefits of different diabetes drugs quantified

An umbrella review of meta-analyses has demonstrated mixed associations between different glucose-lowering agents and cardiovascular outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes, with the results favoring sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists as cardioprotective agents.

09-13-2017 | Acarbose | EASD 2017 | News

ACE results suggest no reduction in CV risk with acarbose treatment

The α-glucosidase inhibitor acarbose does not reduce cardiovascular risk but could decrease the risk for developing type 2 diabetes among patients with coronary heart disease and impaired glucose tolerance, results of the phase IV placebo-controlled ACE trial suggest.