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. 2021 Oct:60:40-45.
doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2021.06.007. Epub 2021 Jul 26.

Type 2 diabetic women are not small type 2 diabetic men: Sex-and-gender differences in antidiabetic drugs

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Type 2 diabetic women are not small type 2 diabetic men: Sex-and-gender differences in antidiabetic drugs

Ilaria Campesi et al. Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

Many pieces of evidence have accumulated over time suggesting sex-and-gender differences in type 2 diabetes, the most relevant being the greater excess risk of cardiovascular diseases in women with diabetes than in men. Drugs available for the treatment of diabetes have, meanwhile, increased in number and effectiveness over the last 20 years. Nonetheless, overall metabolic control of diabetes continues to be suboptimal, with a clear further disadvantage for women. Moreover, old and new glucose-lowering drugs present some sex-and-gender differences, although women continue to be underrepresented in all cardiovascular outcome trials testing their efficacy and protective effects. We conclude that pharmacology should wear gender glasses starting from preclinical research to overcome all these gender gaps.

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