Antiobesity drugs in the management of type 2 diabetes: A shift in thinking?

Burguera, Bartolome; Ali, Khawla F; Brito, Juan P · Cleve Clin J Med · 2017

review · Level V

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Abstract

Antiobesity medications can improve metabolic control for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity, but are underutilized. In this review, we describe the role of antiobesity drugs in the context of medically supervised and comprehensive weight-loss interventions and propose a pragmatic therapeutic algorithm for patients with type 2 DM and obesity that incorporates the use of antiobesity drugs early in the course of management.

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