I have not had success in dogs and cats
using oral glucose control drugs such as Glipizide.
Three diabetic studies demonstrated «no significant response» but one non-diabetic study reported an 8.4 % fall in fasting glucose, and another observed «significant reductions» in the glucose response
using oral glucose tolerance tests.
Diabetes risk was measured as the ability to manage blood sugars
using an oral glucose tolerance test.
Some medical professionals
use an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) to test for diabetes.
Not exact matches
Three studies diagnosed diabetes from a 75 - g
oral -
glucose - tolerance test (6, 21, 23), 3 from fasting plasma
glucose concentrations (11, 22, 24), and one study
used postload or fasting
glucose concentrations (10).
Compared to ad libitum fed controls, rodents maintained on IER (100 % ER / alternate days) for periods of 12 to 24 weeks typically exhibit lower post-treatment levels of fasting
glucose 14, 16, 17, 29 and insulin.16, 17, 29
Using this particular IER protocol, Jiang et al28 have also demonstrated an increase in oral glucose tolerance and tissue insulin sensitivity (measured using a hyperinsulinemic - euglycemic clamp) after four weeks in healthy
Using this particular IER protocol, Jiang et al28 have also demonstrated an increase in
oral glucose tolerance and tissue insulin sensitivity (measured
using a hyperinsulinemic - euglycemic clamp) after four weeks in healthy
using a hyperinsulinemic - euglycemic clamp) after four weeks in healthy rats.
The ideal
glucose concentration
used in
Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT - for patients with cholera or other diseases affecting the GI system whose lives depend on absorbing water and electrolytes, but who may not have access to an IV)- about 7 grams of carbohydrates per 8 ounces of fluid.
what data are you
using as benchmark for your
oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)?
If you have Type 2 diabetes,
oral medications help you
use the insulin you already produce more effectively, to keep blood
glucose levels in a normal range.
After the 8 week period, both groups of women were tested
using fasting and 2 - hour
oral glucose tolerance tests.
Most cats are very tolerant to the small lancet that is
used to collect the blood sample and, though you may be intimidated initially, most owners indicate that once perfected testing of blood
glucose and administration of insulin is much easier than administering
oral medications.
The
oral administration of hypoglycemics (drugs
used to lower
glucose level in blood) may also be required.
There is also an
oral medication that can be
used to raise blood
glucose.
The nation's gamble in embracing new drugs for long - term
use with only short - term clinical testing was most apparent in the rapid acceptance into clinical practice of a new class of
oral diabetes drugs called sodium -
glucose cotransporter - 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors.