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Teneligliptin: An Economic and Effective DPP-4 Inhibitor for the Management of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus: A
Prabhat Agrawal1, Ashish Gautam2, Nikhil Pursnani3
1Associate Professor, SN Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh,Corresponding Author.
Context:
Increasing diabetic burden worldwide is creating an alarming situation for the management and development of economic resources for it's treatment. Progressive nature of the disease requires allocation of a higher proportion of expenditure on health care initiative of any country.
Aim:
Present study is designed with an aim to determine the effectiveness of cost-effective DPP-4 inhibitor, Teneligliptin, over the other agent of the same class.
Material And Method:
The study was carried out in Postgraduate Department of Medicine, S.N. Medical College, Agra and 112 patients were selected as subjects with a selected inclusion criterion.
Statistical Analysis Used:
Independent student's t-test was applied to compare the means. Mean standard deviation was calculated for quantitative data. All p values were two-tailed and values p<0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Result:
There was no significant difference in the levels of blood sugar or glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) before and after the treatment of Teneligliptin.
Conclusions:
Teneligliptin offered an efficient second line treatment for the management of type-2 Diabetes Mellitus at a reduced average price of INR 39 per day, when compared to other DPP-4 inhibitors.
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