Currently, there are ten classes of orally available pharmacological agents to treat T2DM: 1) sulfonylureas, 2) meglitinides, 3) metformin (a biguanide), 4) thiazolidinediones (TZDs), 5) alpha glucosidase inhibitors, 6) dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-4) inhibitors, 7) bile acid sequestrants, 8) dopamine agonists, 9) sodium-glucose transport protein 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and 10) oral glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists
And that depends on your routine, side effect sensitivity, and when you typically eat your biggest meals
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Whether higher doses produce better results is unknown
Everything in medicine is a risk-benefit ratio, says Florencia Halperin, MD, chief medical officer at Form Health, a virtual medical weight-loss clinic based in Boston