Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Complications of Diabetes

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for complications of diabetes and about complications associated with diabetes treatments.
Reviewed September 2009

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Title:   Immunotherapy for diabetic amyotrophy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Results from trials are awaited to show whether corticosteroids, immunoglobulin or other treatments that act on the immune system are beneficial in diabetic amyotrophy....
Date:   Apr 2009

Title:   Hormonal versus non-hormonal contraceptives in women with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It is important for women with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2 to receive good advice which contraceptive method is best to use. Unplanned pregnancies can lead to serious health issues for both mother and child in women with diabetes. Yet, hormonal contr...
Date:   Dec 2008

Title:   Risk of fatal and nonfatal lactic acidosis with metformin use in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Metformin, a medication used to lower glucose levels in patients with diabetes mellitus, has long been thought to increase the risk for a metabolic disorder known as lactic acidosis. This review summarised data from all known comparative and observation...
Date:   Sep 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:   Apr 2007

Title:   Protein restriction for diabetic renal disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Based on 12 studies, including from eight to 160 people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes for at least an average four-month period, restricted protein intake appeared to slow progression of diabetic kidney disease, but not by much on average. However, in...
Date:   May 2006

Title:   Phosphodiesterase inhibitors for erectile dysfunction in patients with diabetes mellitus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Erectile dysfunction is a common multi-factorial complication of diabetes mellitus. Newer medications, like the so-called PDE-5 inhibitors result in enhancement of penile erection. The introduction of sildenafil (Viagra), vardenafil (Levitra) and tadala...
Date:   Oct 2005

Title:   Antihypertensive agents for preventing diabetic kidney disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Twenty to sixty percent of diabetic patients are affected by hypertension and antihypertensive agents are used to treat this condition. These agents are also used to prevent the onset of kidney disease both in normotensive and hypertensive diabetics. Tw...
Date:   Aug 2005

Title:   Effect of the treatment of Type II diabetes mellitus on the development of cognitive impairment and dementia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Type II diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by high blood glucose levels. It needs to be treated with diet, oral drugs and sometimes insulin to control symptoms and avoid organ damage. Patients may develop features of cognitive decline (e.g. mem...
Date:   Aug 2005

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:   Jul 2005

Title:   Elective delivery in diabetic pregnant women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Women with diabetes or gestational diabetes are more likely to have a large baby, which can cause problems around birth. Early elective delivery (labour induction or caesarean section) aims to avoid these complications. However, early elective delivery ...
Date:   Jul 2004

Title:   Pharmacotherapy for weight loss in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Obesity is closely related to type 2 diabetes and weight reduction is an important part of the care delivered to obese persons with diabetes. This review of drugs for weight loss among adults with type 2 diabetes revealed weight loss of between 2.0 and ...
Date:   Jun 2004
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