Сахарный диабет (Jun 2012)

Modern antihyperglycemic therapy: safety and efficacy of glimepiride

  • Lyudmila Alexandrovna Ruyatkina,
  • Maksim Yur'evich Sorokin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14341/2072-0351-5525
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 2
pp. 89 – 97

Abstract

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Current review analyzes pharmacological and clinical aspects of glimepiride from perspective of the evidence-based medicine. We aimedto determine position of glimepiride within modern antihyperglycemic dialectics of safety and efficacy. We also address cardioprotectiveproperties of glimeperide due to its anti-atherogenic activity, capacity to correct endothelial dysfunction and hemostatic system, as wellas absence of inhibitory effect on ischemic preconditioning.

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