Kiran Kumar Chemudugunta1*, Dr. Habib Habibuddin M2,
1Research Scholar, Rayalaseema University, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India
2Chairman, Adept Pharma and Bio Science, Excellence Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
A B S T R A C T
Adverse drug reactions occur almost daily in health care institutions and can adversely affect a patient’s quality of life, often causing considerable morbidity and mortality. Exenatide has a favorable safety profile, with adverse events of dizziness, headache and gastrointestinal discomfort. Incretin mimetics is being investigated to determine whether it is linked to acute pancreatitis and thyroid cancer, hypoglycemia is a notable adverse event that can occur with the sulfonylurea class of drugs. There are conflicting data on whether the sulfonylurea class increases the risk of cardiovascular events there are conflicting data on whether the sulfonylurea class increases the risk of cardiovascular events, and further research is needed.
Keywords: Incretin mimetics, Hypoglycemia, Pancreatitis.