Both drugs are approved in India and globally for cardiovascular risk reduction in adults with type 2 diabetes who have established cardiovascular disease or multiple risk factors
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It is not available through NHS prescribing, nor is it formally listed by any private pharmacy or specialist clinic as an approved treatment option
No heterogeneity was presented in the included studies (I 2 = 0%, P = 0.92), and we used the fixed effects model (Fig
Saunders takes a similarly cautious strategy with her patients: When our patients are off medication for an extended period, we generally recommend starting back at the lowest dose and titrating up gradually. The more doses a person has missed, the more likely they are to have difficulty tolerating the medication when they restart it, and the more likely they are to have gastrointestinal side effects, Low Wang says