Tag: Hypoglycemia

A Randomised, 52-Week, Treat-to-Target Trial Comparing Insulin Detemir with Insulin Glargine When Administered as Add-On to Glucose-Lowering Drugs in Insulin-Naive People with Type 2 Diabetes

This 52-week, multinational, randomized, open-label, non-inferiority trial compared the efficacy and safety of insulin detemir and insulin glargine as add-on therapy to oral glucose-lowering drugs in insulin-naive adults with type 2 diabetes. A total of 582 participants were randomized to receive either insulin detemir or insulin glargine once daily, titrated

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Analysis of the clinical characteristics of insulin autoimmune syndrome induced by alpha-lipoic acid

The study titled “Analysis of the clinical characteristics of insulin autoimmune syndrome induced by alpha-lipoic acid” (Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 2021, PMID: 33821530) investigated 37 patients (28 females, 9 males, median age 61) who developed insulin autoimmune syndrome (IAS) after taking alpha-lipoic acid (ALA). Symptoms of hypoglycemia primarily

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