This article originally posted 27 January, 2012 and appeared in GLP-1 Agonist, Issue 610
Test Your Knowledge #610: Results from a pooled analysis evaluating the benefits of initiating insulin to metformin...
Results from a pooled analysis evaluating the benefits of initiating insulin to metformin at an earlier versus later treatment stage, with or without sulfonylurea showed....
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a. Patients taking metformin in combination with a sulfonylurea experienced the greatest HbA1c reductions after the addition of basal insulin
b. Patients taking metformin alone experienced the greatest HbA1c reductions after the addition of basal insulin
c. Weight gain was significantly higher when basal insulin was added to a sulfonylurea alone
d. Weight gain was significantly higher when basal insulin was added to a sulfonylurea alone
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