PMID- 22559854 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120912 LR - 20221207 IS - 1936-2692 (Electronic) IS - 1088-0224 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 1 Suppl DP - 2012 Jan TI - Review of current and emerging therapies in type 2 diabetes mellitus. PG - S17-26 AB - Significant advances in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) include the implementation of prevention efforts aimed at delaying progression of glucose intolerance to overt diabetes mellitus (DM) and the development of new classes of blood glucose-lowering medications to supplement existing therapies. While the current management approach for T2DM continues to encompass traditional drugs that focus on beta-cell failure and/or insulin resistance, newer agents that target other defects (eg, incretin deficiency/resistance) are increasingly incorporated. Furthermore, the effect of therapies on associated comorbidities (eg, dyslipidemia, hypertension, obesity, hypercoagulability) has become an additional therapeutic focus. This article provides a discussion of specific pharmacologic agents, based on guidelines from the American Diabetes Association/European Association for the Study of Diabetes and relevant clinical studies. An extensive update on the newest drugs (eg, incretin-based therapies, amylin agonists) and managed care aspects of diabetes care is also included. FAU - Mazzola, Nissa AU - Mazzola N AD - College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, St. John's University, Queens, and North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, USA. mazzolan@stjohns.edu LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - United States TA - Am J Manag Care JT - The American journal of managed care JID - 9613960 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Glycated Hemoglobin A) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Sulfonylurea Compounds) RN - 0 (Thiazolidinediones) MH - Blood Glucose/*metabolism MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*drug therapy/epidemiology/prevention & control MH - Disease Progression MH - Glycated Hemoglobin/analysis MH - Humans MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use MH - Insulin/therapeutic use MH - Sulfonylurea Compounds/therapeutic use MH - Thiazolidinediones/therapeutic use MH - United States/epidemiology EDAT- 2012/05/18 06:00 MHDA- 2012/09/13 06:00 CRDT- 2012/05/08 06:00 PHST- 2012/05/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/05/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/09/13 06:00 [medline] AID - 46701 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Manag Care. 2012 Jan;18(1 Suppl):S17-26.