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Worry vs. knowledge about treatment-associated hypoglycaemia and weight gain in type 2 diabetic patients on metformin and/or sulphonylurea

Asger Lund, Filip K Knop

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    Abstract

    Hypoglycaemia and body weight gain are side effects of certain glucose-lowering drugs, e.g. sulphonylurea (SU) compounds. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is often treated with multiple oral antidiabetic drugs complicating patient insight into drug safety and side effects. We aimed to elucidate the extent of patient worry about hypoglycaemia and body weight gain contra their knowledge about these two phenomena being actual side effects of SU.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalCurrent Medical Research and Opinion
    Volume28
    Issue number5
    Pages (from-to)731-6
    Number of pages6
    ISSN0300-7995
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2012

    Keywords

    • Adult
    • Aged
    • Cross-Sectional Studies
    • Denmark
    • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
    • Female
    • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
    • Humans
    • Hypoglycemia
    • Hypoglycemic Agents
    • Male
    • Metformin
    • Middle Aged
    • Questionnaires
    • Sulfonylurea Compounds
    • Weight Gain

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