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In a further study, linagliptin monotherapy showed superiority in glucose lowering versus placebo and versus voglibose, the most commonly used
alpha glucosidase inhibitor in Japan.
The
alpha glucosidase inhibitor, acarbose (Precose), acts in the small intestine by delaying digestion of carbohydrates.
Comparisons of the efficacy of
alpha glucosidase inhibitors on type 2 diabetes patients between Asian and Caucasian.
Alpha glucosidase inhibitors. J Pak Med Assoc 2014; 64(4): 474-6.
Alpha glucosidase inhibitors are suggested to be valuable aids in the treatment of diabetes.
Alpha glucosidase inhibitors inhibit an enzyme found in the brush boarder of the small intestine, which is responsible for the breakdown of complex carbohydrates.
Antidiabetic medicinal plants as a source of
alpha glucosidase inhibitors. Curr.
A total of 108 patients were on regimen A that included pioglitazone and subcutaneous human mixture insulin, 117 on B with pioglitazone and sulfonylurea, 87 on C with pioglitazone and metformin, 39 on D with pioglitazone and
alpha glucosidase inhibitors; and 28 on E including pioglitazone monotherapy.
Keywords: Metformin intolerance, type 2 diabetes, sulfonylureas,
alpha glucosidase inhibitors, pioglitazone, SGLT2 inhibitors, DPP4 inhibitors.
Alpha glucosidase inhibitors and nonsulfonylurea secretogogues are probably somewhat less efficacious; combinations of medications seem to be additive.
