TY - JOUR T1 - Authors' response JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 729 LP - 730 DO - 10.3399/bjgp08X342417 VL - 58 IS - 555 AU - Neil Munro AU - Michael Feher Y1 - 2008/10/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/58/555/729.3.abstract N2 - We are surprised to see that the letter by Dr Curtis is published as a critique of our editorial on ‘Current, new and emerging therapies for managing hyperglycaemia of type 2 diabetes’.1 He has used the pages of the BJGP to promulgate a personal view against the tide of epidemiological and clinical trial evidence that glucose lowering has been shown to reduce microvascular events in type 2 diabetes. … ER -