The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE 1253
ISSUE 1253
January 29, 2007
Issue 1253
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Pioglitazone/Glimepiride (Duetact) for Diabetes
January 29, 2007 (Issue: 1253)
Duetact (Takeda), a new fixed-dose combination of the thiazolidinedione pioglitazone (Actos) and the sulfonylurea glimepiride (Amaryl, and others), was recently approved by the FDA for treatment of type 2 diabetes. It is approved as an adjunct to...more
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