Overview

Medicines in Practice is a series of evidence–based publications specifically designed to support stakeholder medicines optimisation services. The series aims to maximise health gains through the optimum use of medicines, by influencing and changing prescribing behaviour.

The glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1RAs) dulaglutide, exenatide, liraglutide, lixisenatide, and semaglutide are licensed for the improvement of glycaemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes, a population which is also at increased risk of cardiovascular events. Good quality evidence assessed the effect of these drugs on cardiovascular outcomes.

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