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The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) conducts and supports research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health. The Institute supports much of the clinical research on the diseases of internal medicine and related subspecialty fields, as ...
An oral medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes. Chlorpropamide lowers blood glucose levels by helping the pancreas make more insulin and by helping the body better use the insulin it makes. Chlorpropamide belongs to the class of medicines called sulfonylureas. (brand name: diabinese. )
Industry:Health care
An oral medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes. Acarbose slows down the digestion of foods high in carbohydrate, such as rice, bread, milk, and fruit. The result is a slower and lower rise in blood glucose throughout the day, especially right after meals. Acarbose belongs to the class of medicines called alpha-glucosidase inhibitors.
Industry:Health care
An oral medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes. Acarbose slows down the digestion of foods high in carbohydrate, such as rice, bread, milk, and fruit. The result is a slower and lower rise in blood glucose throughout the day, especially right after meals. Acarbose belongs to the class of medicines called alpha-glucosidase inhibitors.
Industry:Health care
An injectable medicine used to treat diabetes. Pramlintide helps food move more slowly through the stomach and helps keep the liver from releasing stored glucose. Pramlintide belongs to the class of medicines called amylin mimetics.
Industry:Health care
An oral medicine that lowers blood pressure; ace stands for angiotensin-converting enzyme. For people with diabetes, especially those who have protein (albumin) in the urine, it also helps slow down kidney damage.
Industry:Health care
An oral medicine that lowers blood pressure. Arb stands for angiotensin receptor blocker. For people with diabetes, especially those who have protein (albumin) in the urine, it also helps slow down kidney damage.
Industry:Health care
An irritation of the pancreas that can cause it to stop working. Pancreatitis can be acute or chronic. Diabetes may develop when pancreatic tissue is destroyed from chronic pancreatitis and the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, called beta cells, have been damaged. Pancreatitis can also occur as a side effect of the diabetes medication exenatide (byetta).
Industry:Health care
An intermediate-acting insulin with an onset of 1 to 3 hours, a peak at 8 hours, and a duration of 12 to 16 hours. Also called n insulin.
Industry:Health care
An insulin-delivering device about the size of a deck of cards that can be worn on a belt or kept in a pocket. An insulin pump connects to narrow, flexible plastic tubing that ends with a needle inserted just under the skin. Users set the pump to give a steady trickle or basal amount of insulin continuously throughout the day. Pumps release bolus doses of insulin at meals and at times when blood glucose is too high, based on doses set by the user.
Industry:Health care
An injectable medicine used to treat diabetes. Pramlintide helps food move more slowly through the stomach and helps keep the liver from releasing stored glucose. Pramlintide belongs to the class of medicines called amylin mimetics.
Industry:Health care
