Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes Key Aspects

The dose of metformin should be reviewed if the eGFR is < 45 mL/min/1.73 m² . If the eGFR drops below 30 mL/min/1.73 m², metformin should be stopped. According to ADA guidelines, metformin is contraindicated in patients with an eGFR < 30 mL/min/1.73 m²; eGFR rates of patients taking metformin should always be monitored. Caution should be used by persons at risk for sudden deterioration in kidney function and those at risk for eGFR falling below 45 mL/min/1.73 m².

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines suggest that pioglitazone should not be offered to or continued in adults with T2D if they have:

• Current, or a history of, bladder cancer

• Heart failure or history of heart failure

• Hepatic impairment

• Diabetic ketoacidosis

• Uninvestigated macroscopic hematuria

In adults with T2D, if initial drug treatment with metformin has not continued to control A1c to below the person's individually agreed threshold for intensification, NICE recommends considering dual therapy with:

• Metformin and a DPP-4 inhibitor or

• Metformin and pioglitazone or

• Metformin and a sulfonylurea

In adults with T2D, if dual therapy with metformin and another oral drug has not continued to control A1c to below the person's individually agreed threshold for further intervention, NICE recommends triple therapy by adding a DPP 4 inhibitor, pioglitazone, or an SGLT2 inhibitor for patients, as appropriate.

Learn more about the treatment of T2D.

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Cite this: Romesh Khardori, Anne L. Peters. Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes Key Aspects - Medscape - Dec 15, 2022.