Kalra Sanjay, Unnikrishnan A G, Baruah Manash, Kawatra Pallavi, Ved Jignesh
Director, Bharti Hospital and BRIDE, Karnal, Haryana, India.
Director, Chellaram Diabetes Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Sep-Oct;21(5):762-764. doi: 10.4103/ijem.IJEM_184_17.
Pharmaco-ergonomics implies tailoring the drug therapy to an individual patient's requirement(s). The development of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2-i) agents has impelled multiple clinical considerations, in the management of type-2 diabetes. This paper attempts to summarize the pharmaco-ergonomic considerations for these agents, in the form of an SGLT2-i qualification tool, based on a clinical score. This tool may serve as a simple and inexpensive practical guide, to optimize the risk-benefit considerations for SGLT2-i agents.