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Hatakeyama, S Sakamoto Hospital
Bando, Hiroshi Sakamoto Hospital|Tokushima University|Medical Research KAKEN Search Researchers
Okada, M Sakamoto Hospital
Iwatsuki, N Sakamoto Hospital
Ogawa, T Sakamoto Hospital
Sakamoto, K Sakamoto Hospital
Keywords
imeglimin (Twymeeg)
COVID-19
gastrointestinal adverse effects (GIAEs)
Trials of IMeglimin for Efficacy and Safety (TIMES) 2
Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS)
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Journal Article
Description
Background: For oral hypoglycemic agent (OHA), imeglimin (Twymeeg) has been in focus.
Case presentation: The patient is 83-year-old female with type 2 diabetes (T2D). She skipped visiting clinic and taking HOAs for several months due to COVID-19 prevalence in the society.
Result: She was hospitalized with HbA1c 10.3%. Combined treatment of Twymeeg 2000mg/day and linagliptin was initiated, and HbA1c decreased to 6.9% in 12 weeks. She felt no gastrointestoinal adverse effects (GIAEs).
Discussion and conclusion: Trials of IMeglimin for Efficacy and Safety (TIMES) 2 and 3 showed clinical efficacy of combined treatments. This elderly case had satisfactory clinical effect.
Journal Title
International Journal of Endocrinology and Diabetes
ISSN
26943875
Publisher
Pubtexto Publishers
Volume
5
Issue
3
Start Page
142
Published Date
2022-09-12
Rights
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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