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Diabetes Drug Therapy: OHAs and Insulin

Choose, start and titrate: a practical guide for India

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  • Clinical guide
  • 27 pages
  • 2.2 MB
  • 1st (2026) edition
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Every oral drug class with doses, renal adjustment and cautions, how to combine and step up, and how to start, titrate and intensify insulin (basal, premixed and basal–bolus) in the clinic, the ward and the emergency department. 16 chapters in two parts: metformin, sulfonylureas, DPP-4 inhibitors, SGLT2 inhibitors, pioglitazone and α-glucosidase inhibitors, a master OHA dose table, fixed-dose combinations and special situations; then an insulin comparison chart with costs, dose calculations with worked examples, IV insulin for DKA and HHS, hypoglycaemia, injection technique and sick-day rules. Includes a one-page summary of the whole book. Based on the ADA Standards of Care, ADA/EASD consensus and RSSDI guidelines. For general practitioners, physicians, emergency doctors, postgraduates, interns, nurses and MBBS students.

Author: Dr. Gireesh Kumar K. P. · For: Practising doctors, PG (MD/MS/DNB), Nursing & allied health

Inside this book

  1. Metformin
  2. Sulfonylureas
  3. DPP-4 inhibitors
  4. SGLT2 inhibitors
  5. Pioglitazone
  6. Master OHA dose table
  7. Fixed-dose combinations
  8. Insulin chart & costs
  9. Basal start & titration
  10. Premix & basal–bolus
  11. Dose calculations
  12. IV insulin & DKA
  13. Hypoglycaemia
  14. Diabetes drug therapy at a glance (p. 4)
  15. Diabetes drug therapy at a glance
  16. Treatment targets and choosing therapy
  17. Sulfonylureas and meglitinides
  18. Pioglitazone, α-glucosidase inhibitors and other agents
  19. Master table of oral hypoglycaemic agents
  20. Combinations, step-up therapy and non-insulin injectables
  21. OHAs in kidney disease, liver disease and special situations
  22. 17 Insulin comparison chart, U-40/U-100, injection and storage
  23. Starting and titrating basal insulin
  24. Intensifying insulin — basal-plus, premixed and basal–bolus
  25. Insulin dose calculations and worked examples
  26. Insulin in hospital — ward, IV infusion, DKA/HHS and surgery
  27. Hypoglycaemia and insulin in special groups
  28. Injection technique, storage, sick-day rules and quick reference

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