Posted on 04/05/2013 12:59:11 PM PDT by neverdem
A new diabetes drug that hit the market in the past week boasts it can drop your glucose levels and flush out "guilty" calories every time you use the bathroom.
Experts say that every time the patient urinates, out goes all the unwanted sugar and calories.
Doctors say this drug could even help prevent Type 2 diabetes.
KVUE's sister station KENS went behind closed doors at the Veterans Affairs hospital to witness clinical trials for other drugs similar to Invokana.
Last Friday, the FDA approved Invokana, a drug experts are hailing as a game changer for Type 2 diabetes treatment.
The drug works in the kidneys and blocks an enzyme that would put sugar back in the bloodstream.
Dr. Devjit Tripathy with UT Medicine San Antonio, the clinical practice of the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center, says the drug helps curb obesity.
"This drug not only has the potential to treat Type 2 diabetes but also obesity," Tripathy said. "With the loss of a lot of glucose, you lose a lot of calories and by that you lose weight."
He said the same weight loss results can occur in non-diabetic subjects, but he emphasized that so far the drug is only approved for Type 2 diabetes patients and not specifically as a weight-loss drug.
"In San Antonio, we have a very big problem with obesity," Tripathy said. "This drug will definitely help us."
He also said this drug has the potential to help prevent Type 2 diabetes.
Keep in mind taking this drug doesn't mean you can eat whatever you want. The doctor said the drug is limited on how much sugar is excreted, so it's important to continue watching your diet.
Experts say they are still assessing the long-term effects of the medication.
“The brain is a powerful thing.
Unless it’s encased in the skull of a liberal.”
LOL! No truer words were ever spoken.
The mechanism described is going to divert glucose into the urine. That is going to make a fine substrate for urinary tract infections. How long can this medication be taken before it permanently shuts down the enzyme designed to conserve blood glucose? Does that set you up for an uncontrolled drain of blood glucose into the bladder whether that is a desirable activity or not?
Actually, that's all pretty recent stuff ~ they've been using this drug for several decades and only recently noticed the nerve tissue trick.
Another drug with a similar effect is called glipizide ~ however it stimulates your remaining beta cells to produce more insulin.
These turn out to be extraordinarily powerful drugs ~ now something that blocks enzymes rather than just rewiring your DNA? Sure ~ gonna' jump on that in a sec ~oh, yes!!!!
Departing from sarcasm just a moment many people ~ about 20% ~ have an enzyme production problem. There are these other folks who have a Grape-Fruit problem on top of that.
Folks with exceedingly low cholesterol, or intramuscular pain in their arms and legs, can tell you all about that one. So, here's a drug that is going to interfere with at least one major enzyme ~ which presumes you have that enzyme anyway. Does that mean we can all start eating our grapefruit again? And, BTW, what other enzymes are going to be jerked around ~ think I'd like to know that first.
It’s my understanding that there are at least 20 types of diabetes. I’d get further and more specific testing of your true type.
Your doctor must ask you about this now by law, via DemocratCare. It’s invasive and it’s all held by a central government authority. What could go wrong?
There is a cure. It hurts a lot, but there is a cure.
This years class is one of my motivated and best behaved classes I taught.
When I went in for my 6 month check up the doctor looked at my test numbers and was amazed at the changes.
My BP numbers were down 20 points, my sugar numbers were close to normal, my bad cholesterol was down, and my good cholesterol was up.
Yup stress can wreak havoc on the body.
Unfortunately my last class of students, coming up next year are almost as bad as last years group.
We now belong to the state. Scary times.
The two things that made a difference when I was stressed were making sure I took vitamin C (1000mg a day or more) and getting enough sleep. If I got less than 7.5hrs sleep a night my sugars told me about it. Especially if it was more than 2 nights in a row.
YMMV.
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