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Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy
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Minimizing the risk of hypoglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
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Authors: Pamela Kushner
Published Date April 2010 Volume 2010:3 Pages 49 - 53
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S10013
Pamela Kushner
University of California, Irvine College of Medicine, California, USA
Abstract: Hypoglycemia is a major barrier to achieving glycemic goals in patients with diabetes. Both acute and chronically recurrent hypoglycemic events appear to have long-term consequences for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Chronically recurrent hypoglycemia may lead to an impairment of the counterregulatory system, with the potential for the development of hypoglycemia unawareness syndrome, increased severe hypoglycemia-associated hospitalization, and increased mortality. Hypoglycemic events may also have negative implications in cardiovascular disease and/or dementia. Avoidance of hypoglycemia by treating with appropriate, individualized regimens for patients with T2DM should be a primary focus of physicians. Utilizing traditional agents (eg, metformin and thiazolidinediones) that do not promote hypoglycemia, in combination with newer agents such as dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and incretin mimetics, could offer a therapeutic advantage when trying to help patients reach their hemoglobin A1c goal without the added risk of hypoglycemia.
Keywords: hypoglycemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, incretin, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, diabetes management
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