Utilization of glucose, blood pressure, and lipid lowering medications among people with type II diabetes in the United States, 1999-2010

Metformin is the first-line drug for diabetes while dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors started to be used since 2007. Blood pressure control improved in 1999-2010 partly due to increased drug prescriptions. Although statins were widely used about half of the participants did not take them.