diabetics
Colesevelam HCl and Sulfonylurea-based Drug Combo: Hitting Cholesterol and Glucose Levels at Once?
Filed in archive Research , Treatment by Gloria Gamat on July 9, 2007
Colesevelam HCl and Sulfonylurea-based Drug Combo: Hitting Cholesterol and Glucose Levels at Once?
The compound colesevelam HCl when combined with Sulfonylurea-based therapy in patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes can significantly reduce glucose levels versus placebo.

Such were the findings of clinical trials conducted by a research team from Tulane University:

"People with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol face a number of challenges in keeping their glucose levels and cholesterol in check. This study demonstrated the potential to improve two important metabolic parameters with one drug."


The FDA is now assessing the application for the commercial production and sale of the drug. I wonder though which big pharma company will work on this?

Anyway, Colesevelam HCl (popular brand: Welchol) is a bad cholesterol-lowering drug while sulfonylureas are antidiabetic agents for the treatment of type 2 diabetes that works by making the pancreas produce more insulin.

Let's just hope that once combined in a single pill, the two ingredients will work as effectively as they do when in two separate pills.

Find more details from the full report.



Permalink: Colesevelam HCl and Sulfonylurea-based Drug Combo: Hitting Cholesterol and Glucose Levels at Once?
Tags: Colesevelam  HCl  Sulfonylureas  type  2  diabetes  bad  cholesterol  glucose  glucose+levels 
Trackback: http://publish.creative-weblogging.com/publish/mt-tb.pl/79963
img Addthis img Ask img Blinklist img del.icio.us img Digg img Fark img Facebook img Google img Lycos img Ma.gnolia Add this page to Mister Wong Mr Wong img Netscape img Netvousz img Newsvine img Reddit img StumbleUpon img Slashdot img Tailrank img Technorati img Wink img Yahoo

Vote for Colesevelam HCl and Sulfonylurea-based Drug Combo: Hitting Cholesterol and Glucose Levels at Once?:

  • Currently 6.00/10
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
Rating: 6.00 out of 1 vote(s) cast.
Subscribe
Share It
Popular posts from our other blogs:
RSSrss
See all blog subscribe options
Google google
What is RSS?
Yahoo! yahoo
Addthis Subscribe using any feed reader!
Bloglines Bloglines
Newsletter

TwitterFollow us on Twitter!