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FDA Approves New Drug for Type 2 Diabetes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sweet-ideas dept.

Neopallium writes to tell us that the FDA has approved the first of a new kind of treatment for type 2 diabetes. From the article: "JANUVIA belongs to a new breakthrough class of prescription medications called dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors that improves blood sugar control in patients with type 2 diabetes. JANUVIA enhances a natural body system called the incretin system, which helps to regulate glucose by affecting the beta cells and alpha cells in the pancreas. Through DPP-4 inhibition, JANUVIA works only when blood sugar is elevated to address diminished insulin due to beta-cell dysfunction and uncontrolled production of glucose by the liver due to alpha-cell and beta-cell dysfunction."

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  1. *reads summary* by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'll, uh, take your word for it...

  2. Er by tygerstripes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What?

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  3. "This is a drug... by RandoFernando · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...that gives worms to ex-girlfriends!"

  4. natural selection by suntac · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Woops there is natural selection going down some more... Kidding.. Good thing.... I guess.. ;-)

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  5. Whoopie for them by qurk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Until they, like 100% or at least a majority of policeman agree that they don't want to be pawns of ultra-racist opportunist Harry Hanslinger and start lobbying for the repeal of Marijuana Prohibition, then in fact they are nothing more than pawns of Harry Anslinger and all other racists out there. Until I have a choice of buying a 12 pack of liquid poison or a freaking doobie at the convienience store, every policeman and every FDA member is nothing more than a self-service racist hypocrite. Look up Harry Anslinger if you think I'd being a little harsh. Billions of dollars wasted, millions of Americans imprisoned, and it's neccessary for me to be an ass on internet message boards about this? Is it not obvious? Alcohol has always been and always will be a more destructive drug than marijuana. You can justify all you want but the fact that you can drink yourself to death, yet smoke yourself asleep and yet the beer is legal, but pot is not and demonified. Thank you Harry Anslinger for creating this situation you self serving anti-American racist pig. And thank you every policeman too scared to speak up against the situation Harry Ansligner, you self-serving racist opportunist. How is that paycheck? Like being a racist pig? Yay!