Oral hypoglycemic agents in the current treatment of Diabetes Mellitus type 2: Metformin

irst, a review on of the pathophisiology of diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) is done and then the role of Metformin in the treament of this disease, keeping in mind its mechnism of action, indications, its advantages of no producing hypoglycemia nor weight increase, its effects in the children of wome...

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Autor: Garmendia-Lorena , Fausto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Perú
Institución:Fundación Instituto Hipólito Unanue
Repositorio:Diagnóstico
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistadiagnostico.fihu.org.pe:article/202
Acceso en línea:https://revistadiagnostico.fihu.org.pe/index.php/diagnostico/article/view/202
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2
tratamiento
Metformina
Diabetes Mellitus type 2
treatment
Metformin
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Sumario:irst, a review on of the pathophisiology of diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) is done and then the role of Metformin in the treament of this disease, keeping in mind its mechnism of action, indications, its advantages of no producing hypoglycemia nor weight increase, its effects in the children of women with gestational diabetes, restrictions in patients prone to display lactic acidosis, the medicament presentations, way of dosification and side effects. It is concluded that Metformin is a first-line glucose lowering agent in the treatmen of DM2.