Prandin, Repaglinide News

OBJECTIVES: To study the effect of insulin treatment in combination with metformin or an insulin secretagogue, repaglinide, on glycaemic regulation in non-obese patients with type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes treatment: Medications for type 2 diabetes Healthy lifestyle choices - including diet, exercise and weight control - are an important part of diabetes treatment.

Four widely prescribed oral sulfonylurea drugs are associated with significantly increased risk of all-cause mortality compared with metformin in type 2 diabetic patients having a history of MI, according to a comprehensive Danish national cohort study.

Updated May 17, 2006 Insulin Resistance A condition in which the body needs extra insulin to maintain normal blood sugar levels.

Updated May 17, 2006 Insulin Resistance A condition in which the body needs extra insulin to maintain normal blood sugar levels.

The benefit of glinides in the treatment of type 2 diabetes is not scientifically proven.

A class of diabetes drugs sometimes called “starch blockers” that blocks the action of enzymes that normally begin to break down certain carbohydrates in the upper part of the small intestine.