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Other medication classes used in diabetes

Journal articles and book chapters

22-05-2018 | Cardiovascular disorders | Article

Effect of canagliflozin on left ventricular diastolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes

Matsutani D et al. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2018; 17: 73. doi: 10.1186/s12933-018-0717-9

19-05-2018 | Risk factors | Review | Article

Prioritising risk factors for type 2 diabetes: Causal inference through genetic approaches

Wittemans LBL, Lotta LA, Langenberg C. Curr Diab Rep 2018; 18: 40. doi: 10.1007/s11892-018-1009-1

19-05-2018 | Liraglutide (T2DM) | Article

Retrospective analysis of an insulin-to-liraglutide switch in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Introduction: Insulin and the GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide are both effective in reaching glycemic targets. The efficacy of an insulin-to-liraglutide switch in an obese population with concurrent use of sulfonylurea and metformin is unknown. We assessed the efficacy and determinants of success of an insulin-to-liraglutide switch in these patients.

Person holding sweeteners

15-05-2018 | Diet | Article

Glycemic impact of non-nutritive sweeteners: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Nichol AD, Holle MJ, An R. Eur J Clin Nutr 2018. doi: 10.1038/s41430-018-0170-6

08-05-2018 | Cardiovascular disorders | Article

Sex-specific relevance of diabetes to occlusive vascular and other mortality: A collaborative meta-analysis of individual data from 980,793 adults from 68 prospective studies

Prospective Studies Collaboration and Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2018; Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(18)30079-2

18-04-2018 | Artificial pancreas systems | Article

Artificial pancreas treatment for outpatients with type 1 diabetes: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Bekiari E et al. BMJ 2018; 361: k1310. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k1310 

16-04-2018 | Type 1 diabetes | Review | Article

The potential role of SGLT2 inhibitors in the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus

Fattah H, Vallon, V. Drugs 2018; 78: 717–726. doi: 10.1007/s40265-018-0901-y

06-04-2018 | Statins | Article

Intensive treat-to-target statin therapy in high-risk Japanese patients with hypercholesterolemia and diabetic retinopathy: Report of a randomized study

Itho H et al. Diabetes Care 2018; Advance online publication. doi: 10.2337/dc17-2224

06-02-2018 | Osteoporosis | Review | Article

Efficacy of anti-osteoporotic medications in patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review

Anagnostis P et al. Endocrine 2018; Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s12020-018-1548-x

05-02-2018 | Cardiovascular disorders | Review | Article

Type 2 diabetes and thiazide diuretics

Scheen AJ. Curr Diab Rep 2018; 18: 6. doi: 10.1007/s11892-018-0976-6

28-01-2018 | Cardiovascular disorders | Review | Article

Blood pressure targets in type 2 diabetes. Evidence against or in favor of an aggressive approach

Mancia G, Grassi G. Diabetologia 2018; 61: 517–525. doi: 10.1007/s00125-017-4537-3

05-01-2018 | Cardiovascular outcomes | Review | Article

Pharmacological prevention of cardiovascular outcomes in diabetes mellitus: Established and emerging agents

Saxon DR, Rasouli N, Eckel RH. Drugs 2018; 78: 203–214. doi: 10.1007/s40265-017-0857-3

19-12-2017 | Cardiovascular disorders | Review | Article

New treatment options for lipid-lowering therapy in subjects with type 2 diabetes

Scicali R et al. Acta Diabetol 2017; 55: 209–218. doi: 10.1007/s00592-017-1089-4

19-10-2017 | Retinopathy | Review | Article

Diabetic retinopathy: Research to clinical practice

Shah AR, Gardner TW. Clin Diabetes Endocrinol 2017; 3: 9. doi: 10.1186/s40842-017-0047-y

Potential roles of autoreactive B cells in diabetic kidney disease

17-10-2017 | Nephropathy | Review | Article

B cells in type 1 diabetes mellitus and diabetic kidney disease

Nat Rev Nephrol 2017; 13: 712–720. doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2017.138

13-10-2017 | Obesity | Review | Article

Current pharmacotherapy for obesity

​​​​​​​Nat Rev Endocrinol 2017; 14: 12–24. doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2017.122