A Comparative Study on Safety, Efficacy, and Cost of Glipizide versus Glimepiride as an Add-On Therapy to Metformin
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is associated with abnormalities in carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism. Pharmacoeconomic studies are pertinent to the decision-making process when trying to balance the costs of specific alternatives. Objective: To assess and compare the safety, efficacy, and cost of Glimepiride 2mg Vs Glipizide 5mg as an addon therapy in patients receiving Metformin 500mg. Method: A prospective comparative study was conducted for a period of 6 months on T2DM patients, subjects were recruited and grouped into 2 categories i.e. Group-A (metformin 500mg + glimepiride 2mg) and Group-B (metformin 500 mg + Glipizide 5mg). Efficacy of both treatments was assessed by using blood sugar levels data. The safety profile was assessed based on ADRs produced. Cost analysis was performed by using cost-effective analysis. Results: The % of reduction achieves in both groups (‘A’ Vs ‘B’) from first follow up to final follow up was FBS 14.3% (17.4 Vs 14.9), PBS 13.7% (27.18 Vs 23.6) and RBS 29.9% (25.13 Vs 17.6). Based on the ICER (Incremental cost-effective ratio) formula, to achieve the Group A effectiveness, Group B requires more amount of 84 INR (FBS), 58.8 INR (PBS) and 27.9 INR (RBS) than the Metformin 500mg + Glimepiride 2mg. Among the 21 ADRs reported 10 were Metformin with Glimepiride and 11 were Metformin with Glipizide. Conclusion: We conclude that the Glimepiride 2mg as add-on therapy with Metformin 500mg is little beneficial than Glipizide 5mg in terms of efficacy and cost. In terms of safety, both drugs are having similar safety profiles..
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Kandavalli Sridevi1, Meda Venkata Subbaiah2 ,, S Sai Dath3 ,, Stephy Johnson3 ,, P Sunil Kumar3
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