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Managing Your Menopause
Type® Educational Class Session Three - Your Risks of
Disease |
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INSULIN RESISTANCE &
DIABETES |
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How is abnormal blood sugar metabolism treated with
medications? |
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Sulfonylureas (glyburide, tolbutamide): These drugs act on beta-cells in the pancreas to increase
insulin output |
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Insulin-sparing drugs (metformin, acarbose): These drugs slow digestion and/or absorption of
carbohydrates (sugars) Improve insulin sensitivity |
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Thiazolidinediozones (ciglitazone, pioglitazone,
troglitazone): |
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Enhance actions of glucose by reacting with nuclear
receptors known as peroxisome proliferator Activated receptors (PPARs) |
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Insulin |
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Side Effects of Thiazolidinediozones [1, 2] |
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Nausea |
blurred vision |
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Vomiting |
changes in taste |
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abdominal fullness |
Headaches |
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Epigastralgia |
Hives |
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Diarrhea |
Itching |
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decreased red blood cell count |
joint pain |
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decreased hemoglobin |
liver problems |
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decreased hematocrit |
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What's Next? |
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How is abnormal blood
sugar metabolism treated with nutrition and herbs? |
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The Managing Your
Menopause Type® Educational Class is provided to the public without charge.
This information is provide for education purposes only, and is not intended
to prescribe treatment. Consult a physician, pharmacist or other healthcare
professional regarding the applicability of any opinions or recommendations
with respect to your symptoms or medical condition. |
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[1] J RJ, et al. Thiazolidinediones- the new insulin
enhancers. Clin and Exper Hypertension 1999; 21(1&2);157-166; |
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[2] The PDR Pocket Guide to Prescription Drugs. New York
:Pocket Books; 1995 |
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