The value of short- and long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: experience with exenatide
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The answer is, yes probably
Researchers from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine used a target trial emulation framework to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of the new use of semaglutide versus the new use of 7 other anti-diabetes medications, including other GLP-1RAs, on TUD-related health care measures in 3 study populations: patients with comorbid type 2 diabetes and TUD, patients with comorbid type 2 diabetes and TUD who had a diagnosis of obesity, and those who did not have a diagnosis of obesity
[1] [2] A 2011 Cochrane review showed a HbA1c reduction of 0.20% more with exenatide 2 mg compared to insulin glargine, exenatide 10 g twice daily, sitagliptin and pioglitazone