What is the difference between acarbose, miglitol and voglibose?📏📏📏

Acarbose, miglitol and voglibose are commonly used clinical α-glucosidase inhibitors. Although they all belong to the same type of hypoglycemic drugs, there are some differences between them and the choice of drugs is also different.What is the mechanism of action of α-glucosidase inhibitors?α-glucosidase inhibitors reversibly inhibit α-glucosidase. They inhibit the degradation...

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What is diabetic ketoacidosis❓❓❓

One of the most common acute complications of diabetes is diabetic ketoacidosis. The fatality rate of diabetic ketoacidosis in elderly patients with diabetes is as high as 5 to 16%. Therefore, we should master the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis.What are ketone bodies?Fats are broken down into glycerol and fatty acids. Fatty acids are oxidatively...

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New findings on metformin.👀👀👀

Every once in a while, new benefits of metformin are discovered. Earlier this year, a large cohort study conducted by researchers from the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark and Stanford University in the United States also found new findings on metformin. The study noted that men took metformin in the three months before conception (during sperm development). His male...

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What is the difference between alogliptin, linagliptin, saxagliptin, sitagliptin and vildagliptin?📊📊📊

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor is a new type of oral hypoglycemic drug with the fastest growing clinical use recently. Alogliptin, linagliptin, saxagliptin, sitagliptin and vildagliptin all belong to this class of drugs, but what exactly is the difference between them?What is the mechanism of action of DPP-4 inhibitors?Intestinal cells are stimulated by food (especially...

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What is the difference between insulin degludec, insulin detemir and insulin glargine?👌👌👌

Among the hypoglycemic drugs, insulin is the most effective one. When the pancreatic function of diabetic patients is severely deteriorated, oral hypoglycemic drugs are contraindicated or the treatment effect is not good, insulin will become a very important therapeutic drug. Among the long-acting insulins, insulin degludec, insulin detemir and insulin glargine are the...

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What medications are available to treat peripheral neuropathy caused by diabetes?💊💊💊

Diabetes can lead to many complications. Common complications include retinopathy (the leading cause of blindness in adults), stroke (two to four times as common in people with diabetes as in non-diabetic patients), cardiovascular disease (about 80% of patients die from cardiovascular events), diabetes Nephropathy (one of the leading causes of end-stage renal disease), diabetic...

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