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Figure 1 Management of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes: a patient-centered approach. Position statement of the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. © 2012, Springer Science and Business Media. Reproduced with kind permission from Inzucchi SE, Bergenstal RM, Buse JB, et al. Management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes: a patient-centered approach. Position statement of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). Diabetologia. 2012;55(6):1577–1596.Citation9
![Figure 1 Management of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes: a patient-centered approach. Position statement of the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. © 2012, Springer Science and Business Media. Reproduced with kind permission from Inzucchi SE, Bergenstal RM, Buse JB, et al. Management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes: a patient-centered approach. Position statement of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). Diabetologia. 2012;55(6):1577–1596.Citation9](/cms/asset/e3ff018f-04a3-4a68-b5e9-89ed745b5d88/dvhr_a_33194_f0001_c.jpg)
Figure 2 International Diabetes Federation treatment algorithm for people with type 2 diabetes.
© 2005, International Diabetes Federation. Reproduced with kind permission from International Diabetes Federation Clinical Guidelines Task Force. Global guidelines for type 2 diabetes. 2005. Available from: http://www.idf.org/Global_guideline. Accessed on March 29, 2012.Citation10
![Figure 2 International Diabetes Federation treatment algorithm for people with type 2 diabetes.© 2005, International Diabetes Federation. Reproduced with kind permission from International Diabetes Federation Clinical Guidelines Task Force. Global guidelines for type 2 diabetes. 2005. Available from: http://www.idf.org/Global_guideline. Accessed on March 29, 2012.Citation10](/cms/asset/1cfef768-6c83-4806-8437-507245e52f16/dvhr_a_33194_f0002_c.jpg)
Table 1 Comparison of oral hypoglycemic agents used in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Table 2 Pharmacokinetic properties of glimepiride
Table 3 Comparative efficacy of glimepiride in patients with type 2 diabetes