GLG News by Byetta Prescribers for Diabetes (US)

Bariatric surgery is a viable option for in properly selected, well-motivated, desperate patients with diabetes.

Pen delivery of insulin is the gold standard. SoloStar is as least as valuable a tool as the FlexPen.  The SoloStar will impact, mainly the short-acting analogue market, but should become the primary choice for Lantus administration.

Thiazolidinedione induced weight gain is mitigated with the addition of Exenatide, while improving glycemic control in Type 2 diabetes

Bariatric Surgery works to treat diabetes in the short run, but it is expensive and dangerous.

Slight weight loss is demonstrated in a large observational study. This seems to support smaller studies. However, this is not a main advantage of Levemir.

Rebooting the immune system represents a new avenue to explore, but its very early in the process.

This article confirms what many of us had expected.  Enenatide works, as predicted, with a TZD with comparable reductions in A1c to other settings.  Many physicians had been previously using the combination "off label"  The study allowed the label to be modified to include the combination,...

Old technology, limited usefulness More expensive than vials

1.)  Excessive accumulation of fat in the liver is a common occurrence in obesity and obesity comorbidities, such as diabetes and dyslipidemia.  2.) There has been no useful therapeutic intervention to remove fat from excessive deposits in the liver of these patients.  3.) Excessive...

1.) Depression is very common among the obese population. 2.) Suppressors of cannabinoid receptors are suspect of causing depression because of the euphoric effect of cannibinoids.3.) Rimonabant when tested in thousands of patients, in comparison to placebo caused a very small statistically insignificantly...