Semaglutide, a glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonist with cardiovascular benefits for management of type 2 diabetes.
Rev Endocr Metab Disord
; 23(3): 521-539, 2022 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1611457
ABSTRACT
Semaglutide, a glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, is available as monotherapy in both subcutaneous as well as oral dosage form (first approved oral GLP-1 receptor agonist). It has been approved as a second line treatment option for better glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes and currently under scrutiny for anti-obesity purpose. Semaglutide has been proved to be safe in adults and elderly patients with renal or hepatic disorders demanding no dose modification. Cardiovascular (CV) outcome trials established that it can reduce various CV risk factors in patients with established CV disorders. Semaglutide is well tolerated with no risk of hypoglycaemia in monotherapy but suffers from gastrointestinal adverse effects. A large population affected with COVID-19 infection were diabetic; therefore use of semaglutide in diabetes as well as CV patients would be very much supportive in maintaining health care system during this pandemic situation. Hence, this peptidic drug can be truly considered as a quintessential of GLP-1 agonists for management of type 2 diabetes.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
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COVID-19 Drug Treatment
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev Endocr Metab Disord
Journal subject:
Endocrinology
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Metabolism
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S11154-021-09699-1
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