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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162849903321

Autore

Dagogo-Jack Sam <1954->

Titolo

Diabetes risks from prescription & non-prescription drugs : mechanisms and approaches to risk reduction / / Sam Dagogo-Jack

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Alexandria : , : American Diabetes Association, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-58040-653-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

616.4/62061

Soggetti

Diabetes - Etiology

Prediabetic state

Drugs - Side effects

Drugs - Risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overview of diagnosis, classification, and pathophysiology of diabetes -- Medications and diabetes risk : general mechanisms -- Steroids and immunomodulatory agents -- Antihypertensive agents -- Catecholamines, [alpha]-adrenergic agonists, and bronchodilators -- Lipid-lowering agents -- Antimicrobial agents -- Atypical antipsychotic and antidepressant agents -- Recreational drugs : alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, and cannabinoids, opioids, cocaine -- Miscellaneous agents -- General approach to risk reduction.