Understanding this distinction is important for patients and healthcare providers navigating treatment options, insurance coverage, and medication costs
Infections: vulvovaginal candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis, vulvovaginitis Comparative observational signal (protective association): In a phenome-wide association study comparing people with type 2 diabetes prescribed GLP-1 receptor agonists vs SGLT2 inhibitors and DPP4 inhibitors (NIH All of Us cohort, Jan 2018Oct 2023), semaglutide prescription was associated with reduced risk of diagnoses including candidiasis of vulva and vagina and inflammatory disease of cervix, vagina, and vulva compared with SGLT2 inhibitors
But understanding the math behind it means you can verify the calculator output and catch any input errors before they become dosing errors
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Efficacy and safety of once-weekly semaglutide versus once-daily sitagliptin as an add-on to metformin, thiazolidinediones, or both, in patients with type 2 diabetes (SUSTAIN 2): a 56-week, double-blind, phase 3a, randomised trial