Highlights
- •New KDIGO guidelines for diabetes mellitus treatment in chronic kidney disease suggest to early start treatment with a drug combination (metformin plus SGLT2i).
- •Although there is no available on the use of this combination from the beginning there is enough background of safety and efficacy to support this use.
- •This is an important, although expected, change in the current recommendations of type 2 diabetes mellitus treatment. Nevertheless, it is restricted to chronic kidney disease patients.
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Publication history
Published online: March 15, 2023
Accepted:
February 24,
2023
Received in revised form:
February 7,
2023
Received:
November 27,
2022
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