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March 1, 2014
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Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes
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March 1, 2014 (Issue: 139)
Superseded by The Medical Letter "Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes" - Issue 1512, January 16, 2017
The goal of drug therapy for type 2 diabetes is to achieve and maintain a near-normal A1C concentration without inducing hypoglycemia; the target is generally an A1C of 10,000 patients with type 2 diabetes, with or at high-risk for cardiovascular disease, found that treating patients intensively with antihyperglycemic drugs to an A1C target of 6.0% for a mean of 3.7 years did not significantly reduce the incidence of major cardiovascular events (the primary endpoint) and was associated with increased all-cause mortality compared to patients treated to an A1C target of 7.0-7.9%. An A1C target of 7-8% may be prudent in older patients and in those with underlying cardiovascular disease, severe hypoglycemia, or multiple diabetes-related complications ... more      
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