Endocrine Abstracts

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous disease with multiple pathophysiological pathways contributing to hyperglycemia, and also resulting in a variable clinical picture. Thus, individualization of hypoglycemic therapy is a mainstay of current clinical guidelines. Several factors should be considered for a given treatment choice. These include the characteristics related to a given medication (efficacy, hypoglycemia, effect on weight, other safety issues, the mechanism of...