An update on diagnosis and therapeutics for type-2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Type-2 Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder. It is combined with co-morbidities, such as obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and cardiovascular disease which taken together, comprise the 'Metabolic Syndrome'. This disease causes crucial morbidity and mortality at considerable expense to patients, their families and society. Different categories of drugs such as insulin secretagogues, insulin sensitizers, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, GLP-1 agonists, DPP4 inhibitors, dual PPAR agonists and others are used for its management. Therefore, it is of interest to highlight the recent advances in diagnosis and therapeutics used in the treatment of type-2 diabetes mellitus. The classical and online-literature were used to compile data for this study. This includes the electronic search engine such as Scopus, Google Scholar, Sci Finder, PubMed and Web of Science. Data shows that there are different families of oral and injectable drugs at hand for the treatment of T2DM. Hence, we need to develop a novel, safety and effective agents that will improve the quality of life of T2DM patients, considering effectiveness and durability of lowering blood Glucose, risk of hypoglycemia and diabetes complications.

Keywords: Diagnosis; Insulin Secretagogues; Insulin sensitizer and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors; Oral drugs; Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

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Type 2 diabetes management