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2. Insulin (medication) - Wikipedia

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   Insulin was first used as a medication in Canada by Charles Best and Frederick Banting in 1922. [13][14] This is a chronology of key milestones in the history of the medical use of insulin. For more details on the discovery, extraction, purification, clinical use, and synthesis of insulin, see Insulin. 1921 Research on the role of pancreas in ...

3. Weekly Insulin Shots for Type 2 Diabetes May Be as ... - AOL

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   New research offers an alternative to daily insulin shots for the 8 million people in the United States with type 2 diabetes. Eli Lilly’s once-weekly insulin injection is just as effective as ...

4. Diabetes medication - Wikipedia

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   Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the most common type of diabetes. Treatments include agents that (1) increase the amount of insulin secreted by the pancreas, (2) increase the sensitivity of target organs to insulin, (3) decrease the rate at which glucose is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, and (4) increase the loss of glucose through ...

5. Intensive insulin therapy - Wikipedia

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   Intensive insulin therapy or flexible insulin therapy is a therapeutic regimen for diabetes mellitus treatment. This newer approach contrasts with conventional insulin therapy. Rather than minimize the number of insulin injections per day (a technique which demands a rigid schedule for food and activities), the intensive approach favors ...

6. Diabetes management - Wikipedia

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   A study conducted in 2008 found that increasingly complex and costly diabetes treatments are being applied to an increasing population with type 2 diabetes. Data from 1994 to 2007 was analyzed and it was found that the mean number of diabetes medications per treated patient increased from 1.14 in 1994 to 1.63 in 2007.

7. Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor - Wikipedia

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   Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor. Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (AGIs) are oral anti-diabetic drugs used for diabetes mellitus type 2 that work by preventing the digestion of carbohydrates (such as starch and table sugar). Carbohydrates are normally converted into simple sugars (monosaccharides) by alpha-glucosidase enzymes present on cells lining ...