Metformin in the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Metformin in the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Sh. Alamdari, MD

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine,

Endocrinology & Metabplism

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences

OBJECTIVES:

• OBJECTIVE 1: Introduction
• OBJECTIVE 2: first choice
• OBJECTIVE 3: MECHANISM OF ACTION
• OBJECTIVE 4: INDICATIONS
• OBJECTIVE 5: GLYCEMIC EFFICACY
  in Monotherapy
• OBJECTIVE 6: Combination therapy
• OBJECTIVE 7: Metformin in T 1 DM
• OBJECTIVE 8: WEIGHT LOSS
• OBJECTIVE 9: CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS 
• OBJECTIVE 10: Lipid lowering
• OBJECTIVE 11: CANCER INCIDENCE
• OBJECTIVE 12: GI SIDE EFFECTS
• OBJECTIVE 13: Metformin & B 12
• OBJECTIVE 14: Lactic acidosis
• OBJECTIVE 15: CONTRAINDICATIONS
• OBJECTIVE 16: DOSING AND MONITORING