Main description:

This book is designed to be a ready reckoner on commonly used medications for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.

Divided into 17 sections, topics include incretin-based therapies, insulin, chloroquine, metformin, colesevelam, drugs targeting renal excretion of glucose, management of dyslipidaemia, and more.

The book concludes with discussion on associated comorbidities such as hypertension and diabetes in the elderly.

Drug classes featured are all approved in-line with FDA (United States Food and Drug Administration) guidelines.

Authored by recognised, US-based experts in the field, the comprehensive text is further enhanced by clinical photographs, diagrams and tables.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to pharmaceutical treatments for diabetes mellitus
Features approved drugs in-line with FDA (United States Food and Drug Administration) guidelines
Includes discussion on commonly associated comorbidities such as hypertension, and diabetes in the elderly
Internationally recognised, US-based author team

Contents:

Incretin Based Therapies: DPP-IV Inhibitors: Sitagliptin, Saxagliptin, Linagliptin, Alogliptin
Insulin Secretagogues: Non-sulfonylureas Glinides (Repaglinide, Nateglinide)
Incretin Based Therapies: DPP IV Inhibitors
Management of Dyslipidaemia in Diabetes
Chloroquine in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus
Colesevelam in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
GLP1 Agonists
Dopamine-D2 Receptor Agonists: Bromocriptine in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists for Type 2 Diabetes
Insulin: Pumps and CGMS
Insulin Sensitizers
Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A Patient-centered Approach
Metformin
Drugs Targeting Renal Excretion of Glucose: SGLT2 Inhibitors
Second Generation Sulfonylureas: History, Pharmacology and Applied Aspects
Diabetes in the Elderly
Management of Hypertension in Diabetes