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Acarbose [1] [2] is an anti-diabetic drug used to treat diabetes mellitus type 2 and, in some countries, prediabetes. It is a generic sold in Europe and China as Glucobay ( Bayer AG ), in North America as Precose ( Bayer Pharmaceuticals ), and in Canada as Prandase ( Bayer AG ).
Prediabetes is a component of metabolic syndrome and is characterized by elevated blood sugar levels that fall below the threshold to diagnose diabetes mellitus.It usually does not cause symptoms but people with prediabetes often have obesity (especially abdominal or visceral obesity), dyslipidemia with high triglycerides and/or low HDL cholesterol, and hypertension. [1]
estimated number, percentage, and awareness of prediabetes among adults aged 18 years or older, United States, 2017–2020 and 2019 [4] Characteristic Prediabetes, a 2019 estimates Prediabetes, a 2017–2020 estimates Percentage Prediabetes awareness, b 2017–2020 estimates Percentage Total: 96.0 (90.5–102.0) 38.0 (35.7–40.3) 19.0 (15.0 ...
More than 1 in 3 adults in the United States have prediabetes — and many of them don’t know it. National Diabetes Month is a time to raise awareness about diabetes as an important public ...
Drugs used in diabetes treat types of diabetes mellitus by decreasing glucose levels in the blood.With the exception of insulin, most GLP-1 receptor agonists (liraglutide, exenatide, and others), and pramlintide, all diabetes medications are administered orally and are thus called oral hypoglycemic agents or oral antihyperglycemic agents.
Countless Americans have pre-diabetes or diabetes and, like Blue was, are oblivious. More than 80% of those who have prediabetes aren’t aware of it, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
As of 2012 another 57 million people were estimated to have prediabetes. [34] [35] There were approximately 12.1 million diabetes-related emergency department (ED) visits in 2010 for adults aged 18 years or older (515 per 10,000 U.S. population), accounting for 9.4 percent of all ED visits. [36]
Finding out you have prediabetes is a wake-up call, not a life sentence. Research shows that making healthy lifestyle changes can significantly reduce your risk of progressing to type 2 diabetes.