Some diabetes drugs are better than others according to new study
7 April 2011New research published online today in the European Heart Journal suggests that several commonly prescribed drugs for type 2 diabetes may not be as effective at preventing death and cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attacks and stroke, as the oral anti-diabetic drug, metformin.
Read the paper: Mortality and cardiovascular risk associated with different insulin secretagogues compared with metformin in type 2 diabetes, with or without a previous myocardial infarction: a nationwide studyRead the editorial: Resolving drug effects from class effects among drugs for type 2 diabetes mellitus: more support for cardiovascular outcome assessments
Published in European Heart Journal, Advance Access, 6 April 2011.