Medications and Diabetes Risk : Mechanisms and Approach to Risk Reduction

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dagogo-Jack, Samuel.

Series:

Oxford American Pocket Notes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diabetes--Etiology--Drugs.

Diabetes--Treatment--Complications.

Drug interactions.

Drugs--Side effects.

Hypoglycemic agents.

Diabetes--Drugs--Etiology.

Diabetes.

Diabetes--Complications--Treatment.

Drugs.

Local Subjects:

Diabetes--Etiology--Drugs.

Diabetes--Treatment--Complications.

Drug interactions.

Drugs--Side effects.

Hypoglycemic agents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

More than 23 million Americans currently have diabetes and approximately 54 million have pre-diabetes. People with diabetes often also require medications for several co-morbid conditions (including hypertension, dyslipidemia, depression, heart disease, pain syndromes). Yet, a vast literature abounds on the potential adverse effects of numerous medications on glucose metabolism. Thus, genuine clinical concern exists that certain medications used for treatment of co-morbid conditions and other indications (such as hormone replacement, contraception, infections) might worsen glycemic control in

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; 1 Pathophysiology of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes; 2 General Mechanisms of Medications and Diabetes Risk; 3 Steroids and Immunomodulatory Agents; 4 Antihypertensive Agents; 5 Catecholamines, β-Adrenergic Agonists, and Bronchodilators; 6 Lipid-lowering Drugs; 7 Antimicrobial Drugs; 8 Atypical Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Agents; 9 Recreational Drugs; 10 Miscellaneous Agents; 11 General Approach to Risk Reduction; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-19-974955-8

OCLC:

864746257