PMID- 9115112 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19970522 LR - 20111117 IS - 0300-8495 (Print) IS - 0300-8495 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 4 DP - 1997 Apr TI - Oral hypoglycaemic agents. When, how and why. PG - 391-6 AB - Non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is often incorrectly viewed as a mild form of diabetes. Complications are as frequent as in insulin dependent diabetes and control of oral hypoglycaemic agents is integrated with other lifestyle changes in managing NIDDM. FAU - Harris, P AU - Harris P AD - School of Medical Education, UNSW. FAU - Colagiuri, S AU - Colagiuri S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - Australia TA - Aust Fam Physician JT - Australian family physician JID - 0326701 RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Sulfonylurea Compounds) SB - IM MH - Administration, Oral MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*drug therapy/therapy MH - Exercise MH - Humans MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/*administration & dosage MH - Insulin/administration & dosage MH - Life Style MH - Monitoring, Physiologic MH - Prognosis MH - Sulfonylurea Compounds/administration & dosage RF - 3 EDAT- 1997/04/01 00:00 MHDA- 1997/04/01 00:01 CRDT- 1997/04/01 00:00 PHST- 1997/04/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1997/04/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1997/04/01 00:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Aust Fam Physician. 1997 Apr;26(4):391-6.