Pharmacovigilance monitoring and treatment adherence in patients on antihypertensive drugs at a tertiary care centre

Pooja Agrawal, Shilpa Patrick, Meenu Thomas, Dhyuti Gupta, Prithpal Singh Matreja, Preeti Singh, Shaneela Zafar

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Original Research

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This study aims to evaluate medication adherence in patients with hypertension through the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS) and to observe any adverse drug reaction leading to non-adherence of medications.

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Empagliflozin: a new sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes

Joshua J Neumiller

Article Type

Review

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Type 2 diabetes is increasing in prevalence worldwide, and hyperglycemia is often poorly controlled despite a number of therapeutic options.

Unlike previously available agents, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors offer an insulin-independent mechanism for improving blood glucose levels, since they promote urinary glucose excretion by inhibiting glucose reabsorption in the kidney.

In this article, the author discusses empagliflozin and based on available data, it appears that this drug may be a useful option in a range of patients; however, clinical decisions will be better informed by the results of ongoing studies, in particular, a large cardiovascular outcome study (EMPA-REG OUTCOME™).

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