Fixed combination of empagliflozin and metformin in therapy of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Fixed combination of empagliflozin and metformin is based on different mechanisms of the effect of separate drugs which supplement each other. Besides positive effect on diabetes control weight and blood pressure the combination treatment has promising effect on pathogenetic mechanisms causing vessel wall disease in diabetes.

Keywords

• Type 2 diabetes mellitus
• empagliflozin
• metformin
• fixed combination