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ReviewCureus2024

A Review on Affordable Combinations in Type 2 Diabetes Care: Exploring the Cost-Effective Potential of Glipizide + Metformin and Glimepiride + Metformin + Pioglitazone.

Shehla Shaikh, Vishal Vaidya, Amit Gupta, Raghunath Kulkarni, Ashok Joshi, Medhinee Kulkarni, Vidhe Sharma, Santosh Revankar

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Shehla ShaikhEndocrinology, Saifee Hospital, Mumbai, IND.
Vishal VaidyaDiabetes and Endocrinology, Diacare Clinic, Ahmedabad, IND.
Amit GuptaDiabetes and Endocrinology, Centre for Diabetes Care, Greater Noida, IND.
Raghunath KulkarniDiabetes and Endocrinology, Sevasadhan Superspeciality Centre, Sangli, IND.
Ashok JoshiEndocrinology and Diabetes, Balaji Hospital, Thane, IND.
Medhinee KulkarniDiabetes and Endocrinology, Lifespan Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Clinic, Mumbai, IND.
Vidhe SharmaDiabetes and Endocrinology, Ruby Hall Clinic Hinjawadi, Pune, IND.
Santosh RevankarScientific Services, USV Private Limited, Mumbai, IND.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) largely relies on medication adherence of individuals with diabetes to achieve optimal glycemic control. The economic burden of diabetes could impede adherence, leading to a reduction in treatment efficacy and increased risk of complications. Furthermore, monotherapy in diabetes is losing traction due to its ineffectiveness in achieving early and sustained optimal glycemic control in a significant proportion of the population. Hence, clinicians prefer combination treatment due to their improved efficacy and safety. Considering these factors, the current review highlights the safety and efficacy of the affordable combination therapies, a dual therapy, glipizide + metformin, and a triple-drug combination of glimepiride + metformin + pioglitazone and its applicability in the management of T2DM among individuals with diabetes in India.

Indexed as

affordabilitycombination drugscost-effectivediabetes mellitusglimepiride with metformin and pioglitazoneglipizide and metforminglycemic controlsustainable healthcare

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PMID38854289
PMCPMC11157142

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