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Arthritis Medication Salsalate: May Treat Type 2 Diabetes
Filed in archive Research , Treatment by Gloria Gamat on May 27, 2008
An inexpensive NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) in the name of salsalate has long been used in the treatment of arthritis.

Arthritis Medication Salsalate: May Treat Type 2 Diabetes



Joslin Diabetes Center researchers who have reported that salsalate may be used to prevent type 2 diabetes are now reporting that the drug can actually treat type 2 diabetes.

As reported in the May 2008 issue of the journal Clinical and Translational Science, salsalate has been found to lower blood sugar and reduce inflammation in type 2 diabetes patients.

According to Allison B. Goldfine, M.D., Director of Clinical Research at Joslin and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, and senior author of the report:

"These are the first studies showing that potentially safe and tolerable doses of salsalate lower blood sugars and have other favorable effects in patients with type 2 diabetes."


More details from eMaxHealth.

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