Metabolic Complications of HIV and Antiretroviral Therapy: Dyslipidemia, Insulin Resistance, and Cardiovascular Disease
Summary
- Lifestyle modification is critical for the management of glucose disorders in patients with HIV[Knowler 2002]
- Role of exacerbating medications in patients with glucose abnormalities should be reviewed, with discontinuation or substitution where feasible
- Studies support the use of metformin for abnormal glucose metabolism in the absence of definite diabetes in HIV-infected patients Treatment of Abnormal Glucose Metabolism With Metformin
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