Hypoglycaemic Agents

Follow the links below to find information on the role of drugs and diet in controlling blood sugar levels.

Updated October 2007

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Title:   Medicine Update August 2008: Sitagliptin (Januvia) for type 2 diabetes
Publisher:   National Prescribing Service
Description:   Sitagliptin is a new tablet that reduces the amount of glucose in the blood in people with type 2 diabetes.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Have glitazones lost their sparkle?
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The thiazolidinediones, better known as 'glitazones', are under suspicion of causing serious, previously unsuspected adverse effects. Given these concerns, what can be said about the role of thiazolidinediones in third-line therapy of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes?
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Diabetes during pregnancy (Comments for Consumers)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Some women may need treatment for diabetes during pregnancy. If they have too much sugar (glucose) in their blood it can affect the growth of their unborn baby.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Metformin in pregnancy and lactation
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Metformin improves insulin sensitivity and reduces hepatic glucose output in patients with diabetes.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Interventions for latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   LADA is a condition that at diagnosis looks like type 2 diabetes (non-insulin requiring) but actually is a type 1 diabetes, where the patient will become insulin requiring. Approximately 10% of people who look like they have type 2 actually have type 1 ...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Rosiglitazone for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Diseases of the heart and blood vessels account for approximately 70% of all mortality in people with diabetes. Compared to their non-diabetic counterparts the relative risk of mortality caused by disorders of the heart and blood vessels is two to three...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Meglitinide analogues for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Meglitinides may offer an alternative oral hypoglycaemic agent to metformin but the effects on important long-term outcomes are unclear.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Insulin-sensitising drugs versus the combined oral contraceptive pill for hirsutism, acne and risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and endometrial cancer in polycystic ovary syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Women with polycystic ovary syndrome suffer from excessive hairiness (hirsutism), irregular periods, and acne. They are also at greater risk of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and endometrial cancer. In women with polycystic ovary syndrome ...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Drugs improving insulin resistance for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and/or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No evidence to support or refute drugs trying to influence insulin resistance in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and/or steatohepatitis. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and steatohepatitis are clinical-pathological conditions characteris...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Managing diabetes with drugs and non-drug interventions
Publisher:   National Prescribing Service
Description:   Educates patients with diabetes mellitus on medicines management and non-drug interventions.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Metformin monotherapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Our review confirm that tight glycaemia control with metformin monotherapy is one of the main therapeutic options for type 2 diabetes in patients with overweight or obesity, since it may prevent some events of macrovascular and microvascular complicatio...
Date:   May 2005
Title:   Thiazolidinediones  mechanisms of action
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The thiazolidinediones (or 'glitazones') are a new class of drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Date:   Jun 2004
Title:   Diabetes tablets
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Tablets are often prescribed for people with type 2 diabetes to help control their blood glucose levels.
Date:   Jul 2003
Title:   Diabetes: tablets for Type 2 diabetes
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Tablets used to treat Type 2 diabetes are known as oral hypoglycaemics or antihyperglycaemics.
Date:   Jun 2003
Title:   Insulin-sensitising drugs (metformin, troglitazone, rosiglitazone, pioglitazone, D-chiro-inositol) for polycystic ovary syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects menstruation, prevents ovulation and causes hirsutism (excessive body hair). Usual treatments are hormonal. PCOS involves resistance to insulin, which may increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes. Drugs su...
Date:   Dec 2002
Title:   Drug interactions in diabetes
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Sugar diabetes is a common problem. Many patients with diabetes have to take tablets to control the amount of glucose in their blood. These tablets reduce the amount of glucose in the blood, but other medications can alter their effects.
Date:   Aug 2001
Title:   Drug interactions with oral hypoglycaemic drugs
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Oral hypoglycaemic drugs may interact with other drugs. Pharmacodynamic interactions occur with medications that alter blood glucose and may require the dose of the oral hypoglycaemic drug to be altered.
Date:   Aug 2001
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