TY - JOUR T1 - The wrong paradigm may be driving drug glucose control in the face of the evidence JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 158 LP - 159 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X690173 VL - 67 IS - 657 AU - Craig A McArthur Y1 - 2017/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/657/158.3.abstract N2 - Boussageon et al are the latest to highlight the apparent contradiction in our current thinking.1On the one hand, the epidemiological evidence shows a strong link between chronic hyperglycaemia (HbA1c) and adverse patient-important outcomes. On the other hand, the evidence from randomised controlled trial shows that lowering HbA1c by drug treatment is ineffective or harmful to patient outcomes.This contradiction is because we are using the wrong paradigm.The … ER -