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DPP-4–to–SGLT2 inhibitor switch confers multiple benefits for patients with diabetes, hypertension
28 Sep 2021
byJairia Dela Cruz
In the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension, switching from a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor to the sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor luseogliflozin appears to have favourable effects on blood pressure (BP), circadian rhythm, and night-time systolic BP (SBP) and pulse rate (PR), according to data from the open-label LUNA trial.
DPP-4–to–SGLT2 inhibitor switch confers multiple benefits for patients with diabetes, hypertension
28 Sep 2021NSAIDs: suitable prophylaxis after cataract surgery?
28 Sep 2021
byAudrey Abella
The addition of corticosteroids (ie, prednisolone) to NSAID eyedrops (ie, ketorolac) did not provide additional benefit relative to ketorolac alone or dropless surgery using a sub-Tenon capsule depot as an anti-inflammatory prophylactic regimen to prevent postoperative central macular thickening following uncomplicated cataract surgery, a Danish study suggests.