Drugs in Diabetes

This book is designed to be a ready reckoner on commonly used medications for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.

Divided into 17 sections, topics include incretin-based therapies, insulin, chloroquine, metformin, colesevelam, drugs targeting renal excretion of glucose, management of dyslipidaemia, and more.

The book concludes with discussion on associated comorbidities such as hypertension and diabetes in the elderly.

Drug classes featured are all approved in-line with FDA (United States Food and Drug Administration) guidelines.

Authored by recognised, US-based experts in the field, the comprehensive text is further enhanced by clinical photographs, diagrams and tables.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to pharmaceutical treatments for diabetes mellitus
• Features approved drugs in-line with FDA (United States Food and Drug Administration) guidelines
• Includes discussion on commonly associated comorbidities such as hypertension, and diabetes in the elderly
• Internationally recognised, US-based author team

Romesh Khardori MD PhD FACP FRCP
Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Virginia; Endocrinologist, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Ved Vyas Gossain MD
Michigan State University, Michigan, USA