Journal of pharmacy practice

How 2022 Diabetes Guidelines Affected Prescriptions of Blood Sugar-Lowering Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Outpatient Care

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Abstract

Of the 10,631 patients with type 2 diabetes and comorbidities, 354 (3.3%) were initiated on a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) during the study.

  • Guideline-based prescribing of SGLT2i increased from five to seven prescriptions per week after the 2022 American Diabetes Association (ADA) guideline publication.
  • The majority of SGLT2i prescriptions were initiated in the internal medicine department, with additional prescriptions from cardiology and nephrology.
  • Overall utilization rates of SGLT2i remain low among patients with type 2 diabetes and comorbidities.

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