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ArticleGeriatrics & gerontology international2025

Impacts of tirzepatide on older patients with diminished β-cell function and dementia.

Toshitaka Sawamura, Shigehiro Karashima, Ai Ohmori, Mitsuhiro Kometani, Takashi Yoneda

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Article in Geriatrics & gerontology international, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Toshitaka SawamuraDepartment of Internal Medicine, Asanogawa General Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1279-4947
Shigehiro KarashimaDepartment of Health Promotion and Medicine of the Future, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Ai OhmoriDepartment of Internal Medicine, Asanogawa General Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
Mitsuhiro KometaniDepartment of Health Promotion and Medicine of the Future, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Takashi YonedaDepartment of Health Promotion and Medicine of the Future, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tirzepatide could control postprandial hyperglycemia even in cases with diminished β-cell function. This finding gives new insight into the treatment of older patients with diabetes. However, tilzepatide does not replace basal insulin in cases with diminished β-cell function and requires careful observation for sarcopenia.

Indexed as

DementiaDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HyperglycemiaHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinInsulin-Secreting CellsAgedAged, 80 and overBlood GlucoseFemaleHumansMaleTirzepatideBlood GlucoseHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinTirzepatide

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PMID40001315
PMCPMC11973003

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