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[SGLT2 inhibitors and RAAS blockers : similarities, differences and complementarity]
A J Scheen1, P Delanaye2,3
1Service de Diabétologie, Nutrition et Maladies métaboliques et Unité de Pharmacologie clinique, CHU Liège, Belgique.
Abstract:
Both renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors (RAASi) and sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i, gliflozins) reduce the risk of heart failure and of progressing towards end-stage renal disease, especially in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Positive results reported in patients with T2D have been confirmed in people without diabetes. These two pharmacological classes now occupy a privileged place in international guidelines, in diabetology, cardiology and nephrology. The present article describes similarities and differences between these two types of medications. It emphasizes the importance of combining both approaches in order to optimize the cardiovascular and renal prognosis, while maintaining a good safety profile.
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