Table 1. List of medicine name and medicine groups listed used for identifying systematic reviews and RCTs of diabetes medication in November 2014.

Medicine group	Medicine names
Biguanide	Metformin
Sulfonylureas	Gliclazide, Glimepiride, Glipizide, Glibenclamide
Thiazolidinedione	Pioglitazone, Rosiglitazone
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors	Acarbose
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors	Alogliptin, Sitagliptin, Saxagliptin, Linagliptin, Vildagliptin
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists	Exenatide, Liraglutide
Insulins	Aspart, Lispro, Glulisine, Neutral, Detemir, Glargine, Isophane
Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors	Canagliflozin, Dapagliflozin