title: Potential drug interactions associated with treatments for type 2 diabetes and its comorbidities: a clinical pharmacology review.
abstract: Type 2 diabetes is a disease of glucose metabolism that commonly involves multiple comorbidities, including lipid dyscrasias and hypertension. Each concurrent disorder contributes some risk of complications and requires therapeutic intervention. The simultaneous management of so many coexisting illnesses can be complex and commonly results in patients being prescribed multiple medications--referred to as polypharmacy--which may further complicate treatment. To ensure the best patient outcomes, the treating physician must be aware of all the therapeutic agents that a patient is taking to assess possible drug interactions that such a plethora of medications may confer. This article addresses the underlying comorbidites, the drugs commonly used to treat them and the interactions that may arise from concomitant administration.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 4190 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131-1626, USA. jeffreyfreemando@aol.com
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015897:Comorbidity; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004347:Drug Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010601:Pharmacology, Clinical / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents