A Cross-Sectional Study of Overtreatment and Deintensification of Antidiabetic and Antihypertensive Medications in Diabetes Mellitus: The TEMD Overtreatment Study

ConclusionsThe results show that one in ten older adults with T2DM are overtreated while one in four require modification of their current antihyperglycemic and antihypertensive treatments. Physicians are eager to intensify medications while they largely ignore deintensification in diabetes management. These results warrant enforced measures to improve the care of older adults with T2DM.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT 03455101.Plain Language SummaryPlain language summary is available for this article.
Source: Diabetes Therapy - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research