The billion pound challenge: deprescribing, diabetes and diets

Abstract

Low calorie diets don't just reduce blood glucose sufficiently to, in many cases, place type 2 diabetes into remission, they also offer the opportunity to withdraw or reduce the dose of drugs for diabetes and some comorbidities. Mark Greener here examines the potential for deprescribing in people with type 2 diabetes, the issues facing health care professionals and the outstanding questions.