Think of Sulfonylureas as CV Neutral
New evidence will provide more reassurance about the cardiovascular safety of sulfonylureas (glimepiride, etc) for type 2 diabetes.
There's been debate for years over whether sulfonylureas increase CV risk...mainly due to data with the old, first-generation tolbutamide.
To date, all sulfonylurea med labels warn of increased CV mortality.
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