Exploring the Distribution of Prescription for Sulfonylureas in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes According to Cardiovascular Risk Factors Within a Canadian Primary Care Setting.

ConclusionThis study illustrated that in this dataset of Canadian patients with diabetes in a primary care setting, a substantial proportion of patients treated with an SU in 2013 had established CV disease and/or an aggregation of multiple CV risk factors. In light of recent data reporting on an association between SU utilization and CV events and increased mortality, pharmacovigilance programs should actively monitor SU utilization in patients with diabetes and a high risk CV profile in real world clinical settings. PMID: 26567749 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol Source Type: research