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Shaukat Sadikot1, K Jothydev2, A H Zargar3
1International Diabetes Federation, Executive Board Member - International Atherosclerosis Association, Consultant at Jaslok Hospital and Research, Centre, Mumbai, India.
Abstract:
Diabetes management during Ramadan is very crucial from the patient perspective as it can present significant risk of hypoglycemia and death when proper care is not taken. Moreover, managing diabetes in fasting Ramadan patients require different mechanisms than the routine diabetes management and pose significant challenge to the health care practitioners. Here we set forth to review the available literature of various clinical trials and studies on different antidiabetic agents in the context of Ramadan. On the basis of available evidence, we suggest that gliclazide is effective and it could be safely recommended in type 2 diabetic patients fasting during Ramadan.
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