title: Combination of drugs in the management of diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Combination of drugs or polypharmacy is a therapeutic procedure and this can be needed in diabetes also. To consider the basis of polypharmacy, certain knowledges regarding likely mechanism operating in diabetic patient are to be known. Drugs available in polypharmacy are well elaborated in this article. The drugs can be categorised in three headings: Obese type 2 diabetes mellitus, non-obese or standard weight diabetes and low body weight subjects. Severity of hyperglycaemia is another factor to be looked into while treating type 2 diabetic patients. Besides, certain other situations are narrated where the combination therapy can be helpful.
authors.affiliation: PG Department of Medicine, VSS Medical College, Burla 760004.
authors.forename: Sidhartha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008687:Metformin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009765:Obesity
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; D008687:Metformin