Drug-Drug Interactions in the Metabolic Syndrome

This book reports updated data from the literature on potential drug-drug interactions occurring between drugs used to treat each individual disease of the metabolic syndrome. The manual is focused on metabolic syndrome drugs. Possible drug-drug interactions and their potential mechanisms are summarised and discussed. Chemical characteristics and mechanisms of action of each drug are also briefly described. Some new anti-obesity, anti-diabetes, lipid lowering and anti-hypertensive drugs were also reported and briefly discussed.