title: [Objectives and therapeutic strategy in type 2 diabetes mellitus].
abstract: United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) has demonstrated definitively that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) benefit from intensive blood glucose control, because it diminishes the risk to develop microvascular complications. The therapeutic targets in the type 2 DM have been modified in order to reduce the risk of these complications. However, aggressive treatment may be disastrous for patients with microvascular complications and/or an increased risk of hypoglycemic unawareness, and neither it would be advised in older patients or with short life expectancy. The available drugs for treatment of type 2 DM offer many options for achieving these therapeutic targets, based on the need of the individual patient. In this job we review the targets in the metabolic control of type 2 DM and their backgrounds, and we describe briefly the therapeutic strategy recommended for reaching these targets, with special attention to the new oral antidiabetic agents (repaglinide and thiazolidinediones).
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Regional Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Calvo Romero
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Lima Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D002219:Carbamates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D010880:Piperidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D002219:Carbamates; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D010880:Piperidines; D013844:Thiazoles; C072379:repaglinide
vernacular_title: Objetivos y estrategia terapéutica en la diabetes mellitus tipo 2.