{"title":"Beginning with very low dose (0.2mg) liraglutide in indian type 2 diabetic patients appears better tolerated: experience from real life practice","authors":"Majumder Anirban, Bhattacharjee Kingshuk","doi":"10.15406/JDMDC.2017.04.00127","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Keymessages: Clinicians may start with very low dose (0.2mg per day) liraglutide with subsequent weekly up-titration to minimize the gastrointestinal intolerance of liraglutide therapy, in obese and/or overweight Indian type 2 diabetes patients. Abbreviations: ADA: American Diabetes Association; BMI: Body Mass Index; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure; EASD: European Association for the Study of Diabetes; FPG: Fasting Plasma Glucose; GLP-1: Glucagon-Like Peptide-1; GI: Gastrointestinal; Volume 4 Issue 6 2017","PeriodicalId":92240,"journal":{"name":"Journal of diabetes, metabolic disorders & control","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of diabetes, metabolic disorders & control","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15406/JDMDC.2017.04.00127","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Keymessages: Clinicians may start with very low dose (0.2mg per day) liraglutide with subsequent weekly up-titration to minimize the gastrointestinal intolerance of liraglutide therapy, in obese and/or overweight Indian type 2 diabetes patients. Abbreviations: ADA: American Diabetes Association; BMI: Body Mass Index; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure; EASD: European Association for the Study of Diabetes; FPG: Fasting Plasma Glucose; GLP-1: Glucagon-Like Peptide-1; GI: Gastrointestinal; Volume 4 Issue 6 2017