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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
New York researchers have reported that obese patients with type 1 diabetes who do not respond well to insulin may be able to improve their blood sugar control by adding liraglutide to their therapy. Liraglutide (brand name Victoza) is an injectible GLP-1 analog* that was introduced to the US market in 2010 to treat people with type 2 diabetes.
The study, conducted at the State University of New York at Buffalo, focused on 27 obese type 1s who averaged 48 years of age and who had had diabetes an average of 21 years. The group's average body mass index was 33.4-close to morbidly obese-and its members suffered from poor blood sugar control, as indicated by a fairly high average A1C of 7.9%.
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/...iraglutide-to-insulin-may-help-obese-type-1s/
The study, conducted at the State University of New York at Buffalo, focused on 27 obese type 1s who averaged 48 years of age and who had had diabetes an average of 21 years. The group's average body mass index was 33.4-close to morbidly obese-and its members suffered from poor blood sugar control, as indicated by a fairly high average A1C of 7.9%.
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/...iraglutide-to-insulin-may-help-obese-type-1s/