Type 2 diabetes mellitus and the elderly: an update on drugs used to treat glycaemia.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus and the elderly: an update on drugs used to treat glycaemia.
Curr Vasc Pharmacol. 2016 Aug 22;
Authors: Mitrakou A, Katsiki N, Lalic NM
Abstract
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its complications are more prevalent in the elderly. As the general population worldwide is ageing, effective and safe treatment of older T2DM patients is becoming more important in clinical practice. Elderly T2DM patients should be carefully evaluated for functional, mental, geriatric and medical disorders before the initiation of antidiabetic drug therapy and regularly monitored thereafter. Treatment strategy and goals should be individualized based on patient co-morbidities and drug pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties. This narrative review discusses the use of antidiabetic drugs in the elderly T2DM population.
PMID: 27550054 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Vascular Pharmacology - August 21, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Mitrakou A, Katsiki N, Lalic NM Tags: Curr Vasc Pharmacol Source Type: research