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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2015, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (3): 338-343.

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SGLT2 inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus

HU Xiu-zhuo, LV Li   

  1. Dalian Medical University, Liaoning 116044, Dalian,China
  • Received:2014-05-21 Revised:2014-07-23 Online:2015-03-26 Published:2015-04-08

Abstract: Since the diabetic patients need to use anti-diabetic drugs to control serum glucose level and prevent complications for a long time, it's very important to discover a kind of drug which not only have good effect but also have less adverse drug reactions. In recent years,the SGLT2 inhibitor is well developed as a new kind of drug for type 2 diabetes, and is hopeful to acquire good therapeutic effect on diabetic patients. In this article we mainly describe the history, represent drugs, pharmacological effects and adverse reactions of this kind of drugs.

Key words: diabetes mellitus, type 2, SGLT2 inhibitor, canagliflozin, dapaglifozin

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