{"id":53062,"date":"2021-07-02T15:19:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T19:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=53062"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:11:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:11:53","slug":"trial-results-show-two-medications-most-effective-in-lowering-blood-glucose-levels-in-type-2-diabetes-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/trial-results-show-two-medications-most-effective-in-lowering-blood-glucose-levels-in-type-2-diabetes-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial Results Show Two Medications Most Effective in Lowering Blood Glucose Levels in Type 2 Diabetes Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4683\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/kirkman-chairs-national-diabetes-education-program-image2-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4683 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/kirkman-chairs-national-diabetes-education-program-image2-300x234.jpeg\" alt=\"sue-kirkman\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/kirkman-chairs-national-diabetes-education-program-image2-300x234.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/kirkman-chairs-national-diabetes-education-program-image2-1024x800.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/kirkman-chairs-national-diabetes-education-program-image2-768x600.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/kirkman-chairs-national-diabetes-education-program-image2-1536x1200.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/kirkman-chairs-national-diabetes-education-program-image2-2048x1600.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/kirkman-chairs-national-diabetes-education-program-image2-600x469.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/kirkman-chairs-national-diabetes-education-program-image2-301x235.jpeg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Sue Kirkman, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two medications, liraglutide and insulin, were better at keeping A1C (a measurement of average blood glucose) levels less than 7% in recent GRADE study. The UNC Diabetes Care Center, lead by site principal investigator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/sue-kirkman\/\">Sue Kirkman<\/a>, MD, professor of medicine, in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, was one of the 37 sites to be a part of this NIH-funded comparative effectiveness study.<\/p>\n<p>Read more from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/sue-kirkman\/\">UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two medications, liraglutide and insulin, were better at keeping A1C (a measurement of average blood glucose) levels less than 7% in recent GRADE study. 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