Sulfonylureas are a group of medicines used to treat type 2 diabetes. With type 2 diabetes, the body doesn’t use the hormone insulin properly, leading to elevated levels of blood sugar (glucose). The ...

A new study suggests that one of the most common diabetes treatments may speed type 2 diabetes progression by causing insulin-producing cells to lose their functional identity. Sulphonylureas have bee ...

Dr. Nathan answers the question: 'What Are Sulfonylureas?' — -- Question:What are sulfonylureas and when are they used? Answer:The sulfonylureas are a very old group of drugs that were developed ...

Sulfonylureas are an older class of type 2 diabetes therapy but remain the most commonly prescribed antidiabetic drug after metformin. Patients taking metformin for type 2 diabetes (T2D) who switch to ...

SAN DIEGO — A talk on whether sulfonylureas still have a role in the contemporary treatment of type 2 diabetes garnered much interest here at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2017 Scientific ...

First-line treatment with sulfonylureas instead of metformin in people with type 2 diabetes is associated with a significantly elevated risk of death, according to results from an observational study ...

Sulfonylureas have been used to treat type 2 diabetes for many, many years. However, newer agents and a better understanding of type 2 diabetes have called their role into question. I recently posed ...

Sulfonylureas were flagged for excess cardiovascular risk when used for additional glucose lowering in type 2 diabetes (T2D) in an observational comparative effectiveness study. As second-line ...

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DailyUpdates 30th March: According to WHO, there are some 130 million diagnosed diabetics in the world and the long term consequences of diabetes such as diabetic nephropathy are becoming increasingly ...